[December 9, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 236)]
[Unified Agenda]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [frwais.access.gpo.gov]
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Office of the Secretary
13 CFR Ch. III
15 CFR Subtitle A; Subtitle B, Chs. I, II, III, VII, VIII, IX, and XI
19 CFR Ch. III
37 CFR Chs. I, IV, and V
48 CFR Ch. 13
50 CFR Chs. II, III, IV, and VI
Fall 2002 Semiannual Agenda of Regulations
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Commerce.
ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with Executive Order 12866 entitled ``Regulatory
Planning and Review'' and the Regulatory Flexibility Act, as amended,
the Department of Commerce, in the spring and fall of each year,
publishes in the Federal Register an agenda of regulations under
development or review over the next 12 months. Rulemaking actions are
grouped according to prerulemaking, proposed rules, final rules, long-
term actions, and rulemaking actions completed since the spring 2002
agenda. The purpose of the agenda is to provide information to the
public on regulations currently under review, being proposed, or issued
by the Department. The agenda is intended to facilitate comments and
views by interested members of the public.
The Department's fall 2002 regulatory agenda includes
regulatory activities that are expected to be conducted during the
period October 1, 2002, through September 30, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Specific: For additional information about specific regulatory
actions listed in the agenda, contact the individual identified as
the contact person.
General: Comments or inquiries of a general nature about the
agenda should be directed to Daniel Cohen, Chief Counsel for
Regulation, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Legislation
and Regulation, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: 202-482-3151.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 12866 requires agencies to
publish an agenda of those regulations that are under consideration
pursuant to this Order. By memorandum of August 9, 2002, the Office of
Management and Budget issued guidelines and procedures for the
preparation and publication of the Fall 2002 Unified Agenda of Federal
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5
U.S.C. 601 et seq., requires agencies to publish, in April and October
of each year, a regulatory flexibility agenda which contains a brief
description of the subject area of any rule which is likely to have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
The agenda also identifies those entries that have been selected for
periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
This edition of the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and
Deregulatory Actions includes The Regulatory Plan, which appears in
part II of this issue of the Federal Register. The Department of
Commerce's Statement of Regulatory Priorities is included in part
II.
Explanation of Information Contained in the Agenda
Within the Department, the Office of the Secretary and various
operating units may issue regulations. Operating units, such as the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Bureau
of Industry and Security, and the Patent and Trademark Office issue
the greatest share of the Department's regulations.
A large number of regulatory actions reported in the agenda
deal with fishery management programs of NOAA's National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS). To avoid repetition of programs and
definitions, as well as to provide some understanding of the
technical and institutional elements of the NMFS programs, a
section on ``Explanation of Information Contained in NMFS
Regulatory Entries'' is provided below.
Explanation of Information Contained in NMFS Regulatory Entries
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
(16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) (Act) governs the management of fisheries
within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The EEZ refers to those
waters from the outer edge of the State boundaries, generally 3
nautical miles, to a distance of 200 nautical miles. Fishery
Management Plans (FMPs) are to be prepared for fisheries, which
require conservation and management measures. Regulations
implementing these FMPs regulate domestic fishing and foreign
fishing where permitted. Foreign fishing can be conducted in a
fishery in which there is no FMP only if a preliminary fishery
management plan has been issued to govern that foreign fishing.
Under the Act, eight Regional Fishery Management Councils
(Councils) prepare FMPs or amendments to FMPs for fisheries within
their respective areas. In the development of such plans or
amendments and their implementing regulations, the Councils are
required by law to conduct public hearings on the draft plans and
to consider the use of alternative means of regulating.
The Council process for developing FMPs and amendments makes
it difficult for NMFS to determine the significance and timing of
some regulatory actions under consideration by the Councils at the
time the semiannual regulatory agenda is published.
The DOC fall 2002 regulatory agenda follows.
Theodore W. Kassinger,
General Counsel.
Office of the Secretary--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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483 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Color, National Origin, Handicap, and Age in 0690-AA30
Programs and Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance......................
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484 Employee Responsibilities and Conduct; Removal of Obsolete Regulations.............. 0690-AA32
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Bureau of Economic Analysis--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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485 Annual Survey of Selected Services Transactions With Unaffiliated Foreign Persons... 0691-AA43
486 Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States--2002............ 0691-AA44
487 Transactions of U.S. Affiliate, Except U.S. Banking Affiliate, With Foreign Parent 0691-AA45
(BE-605) and Transactions of U.S. Banking Affiliate With Foreign Parent (BE-605)....
488 Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States..................... 0691-AA48
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Bureau of Economic Analysis--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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489 Economic Development Administration Regulations..................................... 0691-AA47
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Bureau of Economic Analysis--Discontinued Entries
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Regulation
Identification Title Date Comments
Number
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0691-AA46 Initial Report on Foreign Person's Direct or Indirect Acquisition, Establishment, or 09/06/2002 Withdrawn
Purchase of Operating Assets, or U.S. Business Enterprise, Including Real Estate
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Bureau of the Census--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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490 Mandatory Automated Export System (AES) Filing for All Items on the Commerce Control 0607-AA34
List (CCL) and the United States Munitions List (USML)..............................
491 Bureau of the Census Geographically Updated Population Certification Program........ 0607-AA37
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Bureau of the Census--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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492 Special Services and Studies by the Bureau of the Census; Amendments to Age Search 0607-AA24
Procedures..........................................................................
493 Reporting Value on Shipper's Export Declaration for Inland Freight and Insurance 0607-AA29
Charges.............................................................................
494 Reporting the Value of Repairs and Replacement Parts on the Shipper's Export 0607-AA30
Declaration.........................................................................
495 Notation of the Shipper's Export Declaration Filing Exemption Statement on Manifest 0607-AA31
Documents...........................................................................
496 Cutoff Dates for Recognition of Boundary Changes for Census 2000 and for the 0607-AA35
Intercensal Period..................................................................
497 Bureau of the Census Certification Process.......................................... 0607-AA36
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General Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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498 Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement)............................ 0605-AA16
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General Administration--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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499 Public Information, Freedom of Information and Privacy.............................. 0605-AA14
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General Administration--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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500 Uniform Administrative Requirement for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of 0605-AA09
Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofits and Commercial Organizations......
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International Trade Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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501 Proposed Changes in the Insular Possessions Watch, Watch Movement and Jewelry 0625-AA57
Program.............................................................................
502 Short Supply of Fabric and Yarn..................................................... 0625-AA59
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International Trade Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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503 Procedures for Conducting Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews of Antidumping and 0625-AA51
Countervailing Duty Orders..........................................................
504 Import of Certain Worsted Wool Fabric: Implementation of Tariff Rate Quote 0625-AA58
Established Under Title V of the Trade and Development Act of 2000..................
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International Trade Administration--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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505 Export Trade Certificates of Review (15 CFR 325).................................... 0625-AA52
506 Establishment of Steel Import Licensing and Surge-Monitoring Program................ 0625-AA60
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Bureau of Industry and Security--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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507 Mandatory Electronic Filing of License Applications, Classification Requests, and 0694-AC20
License Exceptions Notifications via BIS's Simplified Network Application Process
(SNAP)..............................................................................
508 Protective Equipment Export License Jurisdiction.................................... 0694-AC64
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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509 Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations............................................. 0694-AB06
510 Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations; Additions to the Entity List.... 0694-AB60
511 Exports and Reexports of Explosive Detection Systems; Expansion of Foreign Policy 0694-AB87
Controls............................................................................
512 Exports and Reexports to Sudan...................................................... 0694-AC05
513 Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations Related to the Missile Technology 0694-AC22
Control Regime (MTCR)...............................................................
514 Revisions and Clarifications to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)......... 0694-AC24
515 License Exception AVS: Cuba, Libya, Serbia.......................................... 0694-AC33
516 Chemical Weapons Convention: Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations..... 0694-AC35
517 Exports to Afghanistan (the Taliban) and Liberia: Imposition of Foreign Policy 0694-AC45
Controls............................................................................
518 Elimination of ``National Security'' as a Reason for Control for Certain Items on 0694-AC54
the Commerce Control List...........................................................
519 Imposition and Expansion of Controls on Designated Persons.......................... 0694-AC60
520 Implementation of the 2002 Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Items: Revisions 0694-AC65
to Categories 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 of the Commerce Control List, General Software
Note, and Reporting Requirements....................................................
521 Revision of Export Controls for General Purpose Microprocessors..................... 0694-AC66
522 License Application Denial Policy, ``Red Flag'' Indicators of Possible Inappropriate 0694-AC68
End-Use, End-User or Destination....................................................
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Bureau of Industry and Security--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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523 Transfer of Dual-Use Items From U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List.... 0694-AA52
524 Administration of State Log Exports Ban............................................. 0694-AB25
525 Change the Commerce Control List To Revise Controls on Communication Intercepting 0694-AB41
Devices (Export Commerce Control Number ECCN 5A980).................................
526 Clarification of License Exception GFT (Humanitarian Donations)..................... 0694-AB49
527 Exports of Technology and Software; Release of Technology or Source Code to Foreign 0694-AB59
Nationals in the United States......................................................
528 India and Pakistan Sanctions........................................................ 0694-AB73
529 Expansion of License Exception CIV Eligibility for ``Microprocessors'' Controlled by 0694-AB90
ECCN 3A001..........................................................................
530 Export of Technology and Software Through Electronic Transmissions, Downloads, and 0694-AB97
Programming Onto Hardware...........................................................
531 Export Administration Regulations: Support Documentation............................ 0694-AC04
532 Antiterrorism Controls on Iraq...................................................... 0694-AC06
533 Expansion of License Exception GOV; Exports and Reexports to International 0694-AC15
Organizations.......................................................................
534 De Minimis Expansion of Eligibility: U.S. Origin Software Incorporated Into Foreign- 0694-AC17
Made Retail Commodities.............................................................
535 Revision to the Export Administration Regulations: Replacement Licenses............. 0694-AC23
536 Short Supply Controls: Crude Oil Exports............................................ 0694-AC25
537 Offsets in Military Exports......................................................... 0694-AC27
538 Entity List: Additions and Revisions................................................ 0694-AC28
539 Crime Control Items: Revisions to the Commerce Control List......................... 0694-AC31
540 Revisions to Encryption Items....................................................... 0694-AC32
541 Clarifications to Part 753: Special Comprehensive License Requirements.............. 0694-AC34
542 Addition and Revision of Missile Projects in the Export Administration Regulations.. 0694-AC46
543 Revision, Suspension, or Prohibition of Use of ``No License Required'' Provisions... 0694-AC47
544 Removal of Licensing Exemption for Exports and Reexports of Missile Technology- 0694-AC48
Controlled Items Destined to Canada.................................................
545 Exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Lifting of Sanctions................. 0694-AC57
546 Computer Technology and Software Eligible for Export or Reexport Under License 0694-AC63
Exception TSR.......................................................................
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Bureau of Industry and Security--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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547 Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations; Country Group E:1; License 0694-AB76
Exception TMP.......................................................................
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548 Revisions to the North Korean Embargo Policy........................................ 0694-AC10
549 Exports of Agricultural Commodities, Medicines and Medical Devices.................. 0694-AC37
550 Implementation of the Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Items Revisions: 0694-AC42
Computers; and Revisions to License Exception CTP...................................
551 Licensing Jurisdiction for ``Space Qualified'' Items................................ 0694-AC49
552 Missile Technology Production Equipment and Facilities.............................. 0694-AC51
553 Revisions and Clarifications to the Export Administration Regulations--Nuclear 0694-AC52
Nonproliferation Controls: Nuclear Suppliers Group..................................
554 Corrections and Clarifications to the Export Administration Regulations: Czech 0694-AC53
Republic, Hungary, and Poland.......................................................
555 Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations as a Result of the September 2001 0694-AC55
Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary Meeting............................
556 Revisions to License Exception CTP: Implementation of Presidential Announcement of 0694-AC56
January 2, 2002.....................................................................
557 Revision to Export Administration Regulations: Denied Persons List.................. 0694-AC58
558 License Exception CIV Eligibility for Certain ``Microprocessors'' Controlled by ECCN 0694-AC59
3A001...............................................................................
559 Implementation of the Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Items and Other 0694-AC61
Revisions to Encryption Items.......................................................
560 Revisions and Clarifications to the Export Administration Regulations--Chemical and 0694-AC62
Biological Weapons Controls: Australia Group; Chemical Weapons Convention...........
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Bureau of Industry and Security--Discontinued Entries
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Regulation
Identification Title Date Comments
Number
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0694-AC67 Clarification of Applicability of Entity List Restrictions to Certain Russian Entities 09/22/2002 Withdrawn
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National Institute of Standards & Technology--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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561 Establishment of Information Technology Security Validation Programs Fees........... 0693-AB51
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Prerule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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562 Fleet Capacity Control for U.S. Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries in the Eastern Pacific 0648-AQ21
Ocean...............................................................................
563 Fleet Capacity Control for U.S. Troll Albacore Tuna Fishing in Canadian Waters...... 0648-AQ22
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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564 Amendment 4 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Fishery of Puerto Rico 0648-AG87
and the U.S. Virgin Islands.........................................................
565 Establish Central Registry for Limited Access System Permits........................ 0648-AJ77
566 Regulatory Amendment To Require Mandatory Observer Coverage in the At-Sea Processing 0648-AK26
Sector of the Whiting Fishery.......................................................
567 Adjustment of Management Program: Bottomfish Fisheries in the Hawaiian Islands...... 0648-AK82
568 Revise Exempted Fishing Regulations To Specify Compensatory Fishing Under Exempted 0648-AK84
Fishing.............................................................................
569 Amendment 11 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Crustacean Fisheries of the 0648-AL67
Western Pacific Region..............................................................
570 Regulatory Amendment to Reinstate 6000 Pound Trip Limit of Halibut in Area Northeast 0648-AL97
of the Bering Sea...................................................................
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571 Enhanced Measures To Mitigate Seabird Bycatch in the Alaska Longline Fisheries...... 0648-AM30
572 Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Bottomfish Fisheries of the 0648-AM98
Western Pacific Region..............................................................
573 Amendment 18 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf 0648-AN09
of Mexico...........................................................................
574 Amendment 13 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management 0648-AN12
Plan................................................................................
575 Amendment 10 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan.................... 0648-AN16
576 Amendment 13 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan.................. 0648-AN17
577 Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan Amendment for the Pelagic Fisheries of 0648-AN76
the Western Pacific Region..........................................................
578 Resubmission of Sustainable Fisheries Act Amendment Crustaceans, Bottomfish, and 0648-AN79
Pelagics Regarding Overfishing Definitions..........................................
579 Regulatory Amendment Modifying the Gulf of Mexico BRD Protocol Under the Fishery 0648-AN84
Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP)..................
580 Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Sargassum Habitat of the South Atlantic........... 0648-AN87
581 Fishery Management Plan for Northeast Skate......................................... 0648-AO10
582 Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for Precious Coral Fisheries in the 0648-AO47
Western Pacific Region..............................................................
583 Fishery Management Plan for the Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery of the Atlantic, 0648-AO63
Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico (FMP).................................................
584 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fisheries; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Incidental Catch. 0648-AO75
585 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Exempted Fishing Permits Procedures.............. 0648-AO79
586 Regulatory Amendment Under the Fishery Management Plan for Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish 0648-AP02
(FMP) To Establish a Red Snapper Stock Rebuilding Plan and To Set Red Snapper
Overfishing Targets and Thresholds..................................................
587 Amendment 13 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the 0648-AP03
South Atlantic Region...............................................................
588 Revision of American Lobster Regulations for the EEZ................................ 0648-AP18
589 Fishing Capacity Reduction Program for the Crab Species Covered by the Fishery 0648-AP25
Management Plan for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs...........
590 Regulatory Amendment to Implement Permit Stacking in the Limited-Entry Fixed-Gear 0648-AP38
Sablefish Fishery in 2002 and Beyond................................................
591 Implementation of Fishery Management Plan for Highly Migratory Species Fisheries Off 0648-AP42
the West Coast......................................................................
592 Regulatory Amendment Under the Coastal Migratory Pelagics Fishery Management Plan... 0648-AP50
593 Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Queen Conch Resources of Puerto 0648-AP51
Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands....................................................
594 Adjustment of Management Program: Bottomfish Fisheries in the Western Pacific....... 0648-AP53
595 Resubmission of Sustainable Fisheries Act Amendment Bottomfish, Crustacean, and 0648-AP54
Pelagics Regarding Bycatch Provisions...............................................
596 Resubmission of Sustainable Fisheries Act Amendment Bottomfish, Crustaceans, and 0648-AP55
Pelagics, and Precious Corals Regarding Fishing Communities.........................
597 Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries; Amendment 13......................... 0648-AP57
598 Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Amendment 9..................... 0648-AP60
599 Implement a Vessel Monitoring System Under the South Pacific Tuna Act............... 0648-AP61
600 Revise Community Development Quota Program Administration and Allocation Regulations 0648-AP67
601 Full Retention of Demersal Shelf Rockfish in Gulf of Alaska Area 650................ 0648-AP73
602 Antarctic Marine Living Resources Vessel Monitoring System and Catch Documentation 0648-AP74
Scheme..............................................................................
603 Amendment 10 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan................. 0648-AP87
604 IFQ Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for Catcher Vessels.................... 0648-AP92
605 Amendment to Fishery Management Plan for Reef Fish Resources of Gulf of Mexico To 0648-AP95
Set 10-Year Rebuilding Plan for Red Grouper.........................................
606 2003 Observer Program Requirements.................................................. 0648-AQ05
607 Regulatory Amendment to Section 679 Permits or Permit-Related Issues................ 0648-AQ07
608 2003 Initial Specifications for Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish............ 0648-AQ15
609 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Announcement of the 2003 Groundfish Fishery 0648-AQ18
Specifications and Management Measures..............................................
610 Regulatory Amendment To Adjust Permit Renewal Requirements and Transferability 0648-AQ20
Restrictions in NWHIs Hoomalu Zone and Mau Limited Access Programs..................
611 Secretarial Amendment 2 to Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan To Set Greater 0648-AQ24
Amberjack Sustainable Fisheries Act Targets and Thresholds and To Set Rebuilding
Plan................................................................................
612 Amendment 2 to Monkfish Fishery Management Plan..................................... 0648-AQ25
613 Annual Specifications for the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery for Fishing Year 2003....... 0648-AQ26
614 Amendment 1 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and Amendment 2 to 0648-AQ27
the Atlantic Salmon FMP.............................................................
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615 Framework 15 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan.................... 0648-AQ28
616 Framework 2 to the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan................................. 0648-AQ29
617 Annual Specifications for Fishing Year 2003 for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black 0648-AQ30
Sea Bass Fishery....................................................................
618 Annual Specifications for the Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries for Fishing Year 0648-AQ31
2003................................................................................
619 Recreational Measures for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery for 0648-AQ32
Fishing Year 2003...................................................................
620 Specifications for the Atlantic Herring Fishery for Fishery Year 2003............... 0648-AQ33
621 Specifications for the 2003-2004 Fishing Year for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery......... 0648-AQ34
622 Framework 37 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan.................. 0648-AQ35
623 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); Bigeye Tuna and Swordfish Trade Statistical 0648-AQ37
Document Programs...................................................................
624 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); 2003 Bluefin Tuna Quota Specifications and 0648-AQ38
Effort Controls.....................................................................
625 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); Small Coastal Shark Commercial and 0648-AQ39
Recreational Management Measures....................................................
626 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); Large Coastal Shark Commercial and 0648-AQ40
Recreational Management Measures....................................................
627 Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large 0648-AQ42
Whale Take Reduction Plan Regulations...............................................
628 EFH Amendments to the Bottomfish, Crustaceans, and Precious Corals FMPs............. 0648-AQ43
629 Increase in Allowable Percentage of Pollock Roe..................................... 0648-AQ44
630 Opening Waters to Pacific Cod Pot Fishing Off Cape Barnabas and Caton Island in the 0648-AQ45
Gulf of Alaska......................................................................
631 Seasonal Adjustment of Closure Areas to Pollock and Pacific Cod Trawl Fishing in 0648-AQ46
Waters Off Cape Sarichef in the Bering Sea Subarea..................................
632 Amend Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals.............. 0648-AH83
633 Preventing Harassment From Human Activities Directed at Marine Mammals in the Wild.. 0648-AN43
634 Endangered and Threatened Species: Permit Exemptions................................ 0648-AO37
635 Captive Steller Sea Lions........................................................... 0648-AO61
636 Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Rocket Launches From the Kodiak Launch Complex, 0648-AP62
Kodiak Island, Alaska...............................................................
637 Designating the Eastern North Pacific Southern Resident Stock of Killer Whales as 0648-AQ00
Depleted............................................................................
638 Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large 0648-AQ04
Whale Take Reduction Plan Regulations...............................................
639 Revision of Overflight Regulations.................................................. 0648-AI91
640 Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary............................................... 0648-AQ41
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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641 Regulatory Amendment To Allocate Pacific Halibut to the Charter Boat Fleet.......... 0648-AK17
642 Proposed Highly Migratory Species Process........................................... 0648-AK40
643 Comprehensive Amendment Addressing Sustainable Fisheries Act Requirements Regarding 0648-AL86
Overfishing, Bycatch, Fishing Communities and Provisions for Fishery Management
Plans for the Caribbean.............................................................
644 Regulatory Amendment To Change the Regulations Implementing the North Pacific 0648-AM44
Observer Program....................................................................
645 Framework Regulatory Amendment for the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); 0648-AM91
Fishing Vessel Permits; Charter Boat Operations.....................................
646 Implementation of Western Pacific Coral Reef Ecosystem Fishery Management Plan (FMP) 0648-AM97
647 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fisheries; Monitoring of the Atlantic Billfish and 0648-AN06
Swordfish Recreational Fisheries....................................................
648 Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Stone Crab Fishery of the Gulf of 0648-AN10
Mexico..............................................................................
649 Amendments 61/61 for BSAI and GOA Groundfish; Amendment 13 for Commercial King and 0648-AN55
Tanner Crab; and Amendment 8 for Alaska Scallop Fishery.............................
650 Deep-Sea Red Crab Fishery Management Plan........................................... 0648-AN68
651 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Swordfish Quotas and Fishing Areas............... 0648-AO93
652 American Lobster Fishery; Revisions to Lobster Trap Limits, Conservation Equivalency 0648-AP15
in New Hampshire Waters, and Clarification of Lobster Management Boundaries per
Addendum 1..........................................................................
653 Regulatory Amendment To Allow Experimental Setnet Sablefish Landings To Qualify 0648-AP39
Limited-Entry Sablefish Endorsement Holders for Tier Assignment in the West Coast
Primary Sablefish Fishery...........................................................
654 Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the South 0648-AP41
Atlantic Region.....................................................................
655 Announcement of the Optimum Yield and Harvest Limit for Pacific Mackerel............ 0648-AP43
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656 Amendment to Regulations for Observer At-Sea Electronic Communication Equipment 0648-AP66
Requirements for Vessels and Shoreside Processors in the North Pacific Groundfish
Fisheries...........................................................................
657 Amendment 69 to the BSAI FMP -- AFA Coop Leasing.................................... 0648-AP71
658 Protect Northeast Multispecies Groundfish Stocks.................................... 0648-AP78
659 Amendment 60 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Gulf 0648-AP79
of Alaska...........................................................................
660 Pacific Tuna Fisheries.............................................................. 0648-AP86
661 Announcement of the Optimum Yield and Harvest Limit for Pacific Sardine............. 0648-AP88
662 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); Regulatory Adjustments; NOAA Information 0648-AP89
Collection Requirements.............................................................
663 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); 2002 Bluefin Tuna Quota Specifications and 0648-AP90
Effort Controls.....................................................................
664 Extension of an Emergency Interim Rule To Implement 2002 Steller Sea Lion Protection 0648-AQ02
Measures and Harvest Specifications for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Area and the
Gulf of Alaska......................................................................
665 Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska -- Regulatory Amendment To 0648-AQ08
Implement Steller Sea Lion Protect Measures.........................................
666 Subsistence Fishery for Pacific Halibut in Waters Off Alaska........................ 0648-AQ09
667 Implementation of New Depth-Based Management Measures in the Pacific Coast 0648-AQ14
Groundfish Fishery..................................................................
668 Capital Construction Fund Procedures................................................ 0648-AQ16
669 2003-2004 Management Measures for Commercial, Recreational, and Treaty Indian Salmon 0648-AQ17
Fisheries Off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California......................
670 Emergency Rule -- Groundfish Fishery Management Measures for January Through 0648-AQ19
February 2003.......................................................................
671 Emergency Action to Expedite Reallocation of Sardine in the West Coast Coastal 0648-AQ47
Pelagic Species Fishery.............................................................
672 Interagency Policy on the Prescription of Fishways Under Section 18 of the Federal 0648-AO70
Power Act...........................................................................
673 Policy for Review of Mandatory Conditions Developed by the Departments of the 0648-AO84
Interior and Commerce in the Context of Hydropower Licensing........................
674 Atlantic Large Whale 2002 Seasonal Area Management (SAM) Program.................... 0648-AP68
675 Provide Regulations for Permits for Capture, Transport, Import and Export of 0648-AH26
Protected Species for Public Display, and for Maintaining a Captive Marine Mammal
Inventory...........................................................................
676 Pacific Offshore Cetacean Take Reduction Plan....................................... 0648-AL70
677 Draft Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts in Making Listing Decisions..... 0648-AL91
678 Sea Turtle Conservation Regulations; Shrimp Fishery................................. 0648-AN62
679 Designated Critical Habitat: Proposed Critical Habitat for Northern California 0648-AO04
Steelhead...........................................................................
680 Taking of the Cook Inlet, Alaska, Stock of Beluga Whales by Alaska Natives.......... 0648-AO16
681 Restrictions on Pound Net Leaders To Enhance Turtle Protection in Virginia; 0648-AP81
Threatened and Endangered Sea Turtle Conservation...................................
682 Sea Turtle Conservation Regulations; Fishery Activities............................. 0648-AP91
683 Listing Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Designating Critical Habitat; 90-Day 0648-AP94
Finding.............................................................................
684 Designation of Critical Habitat for Gulf Sturgeon................................... 0648-AQ03
685 Taking of Threatened or Endangered Species Incidental to Commercial Fishing 0648-AQ13
Operations..........................................................................
686 Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large 0648-AQ23
Whale Take Reduction Plan Regulations...............................................
687 Natural Resource Damage Assessments Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990............. 0648-AM80
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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688 Fishery Management Plan for Calico Scallop Fishery in the South Atlantic Region 0648-AL78
(FMP)...............................................................................
689 Amendment 10 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of 0648-AM23
Mexico (FMP)........................................................................
690 Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Spiny Lobster Fishery of the Gulf 0648-AN08
of Mexico and South Atlantic FMP....................................................
691 Sea Turtle Conservation Regulations; Fishery Activities (TEDs)...................... 0648-AP16
692 Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and 0648-AQ11
Butterfish Fisheries; Control Date for Atlantic Mackerel............................
693 Endangered and Threatened Species: Take of Threatened Southern Oregon/Northern 0648-AJ91
California Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) Coho Salmon..................
694 North Atlantic Whale Protection..................................................... 0648-AM85
695 Interagency Consultation for the National Marine Sanctuary Program.................. 0648-AL06
696 Installing and Maintaining Commercial Submarine Cables in National Marine 0648-AO36
Sanctuaries.........................................................................
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697 Procedural Changes to the Federal Consistency Process............................... 0648-AP98
698 Regional Marine Research Program.................................................... 0648-AF20
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
699 Regulatory Amendment To Establish Permit and Reporting Requirements for Pelagic 0648-AJ08
Troll and Handline Vessels Fishing Off Pacific Remote Islands of the United States..
700 Adjustment of the Management Program for Precious Corals Fisheries in the Western 0648-AK23
Pacific.............................................................................
701 Amendment 54 to FMP for Groundfish Fishery of Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area 0648-AK70
and Amendment 54 to FMP for Groundfish of Gulf of Alaska............................
702 Fishing Capacity Reduction Program.................................................. 0648-AK76
703 Crab Community Development Quota Reserves........................................... 0648-AL92
704 Amendment 67 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and the 0648-AM40
Aleutian Islands Area...............................................................
705 Regulatory Amendment To Prevent or Mitigate the Take of Sea Turtles in the Western 0648-AN75
Pacific Pelagic Fisheries...........................................................
706 Generic Amendment Addressing the Establishment of the Tortugas Marine Reserves Under 0648-AN83
the Fishery Management Plans of the Gulf of Mexico..................................
707 Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Golden Crab Fishery Off the 0648-AO23
Southern Atlantic States (FMP)......................................................
708 Regulatory Amendment to Modify the Management Program for the Western Pacific 0648-AO35
Pelagic Fisheries to Mitigate the Take of Seabirds..................................
709 Amendment 11 to Fishery Management Plan for Shrimp Fishery of Gulf of Mexico (FMP).. 0648-AO51
710 Amendments to FMPs for Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish and Gulf of Mexico and South 0648-AO62
Atlantic Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources To Limit Entry Into Gulf of Mexico
Recreational-For-Hire Fisheries.....................................................
711 Recreational Measures for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries 0648-AO91
for Fishing Year 2002...............................................................
712 Specifications for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery for Fishing Year 2002.................. 0648-AP07
713 Framework 1 to the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan for Fishing Year 2002; 0648-AP11
Disapproval of Framework............................................................
714 Framework Adjustment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Mackerel, 0648-AP12
Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries.....................................................
715 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Pelagic Longline Fishery; Sea Turtle Protection 0648-AP49
Measures............................................................................
716 2002-2003 Management Measures for Commercial, Recreational, and Treaty Indian Salmon 0648-AP52
Fisheries Off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California......................
717 Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Specifications for Fishing Year 2002..................... 0648-AP59
718 Pacific Halibut Fisheries Catch Sharing Plan........................................ 0648-AP80
719 Imposing Additional Restrictions in the Hawaii-Based Longline Fishery............... 0648-AP84
720 Implement 2002 Pacific Whiting Specifications....................................... 0648-AP85
721 Control Date for Longline Vessels Fishing for Pelagic Species in the EEZ Around 0648-AQ01
American Samoa......................................................................
722 Change of Title for the Salmon FMP.................................................. 0648-AQ10
723 Notice of Control Date for Hagfish Fishery.......................................... 0648-AQ12
724 Regulatory Amendment To Correct the Definition of ``Eligible Applicant'' for a Crab 0648-AQ36
Species License.....................................................................
725 Sea Turtle Conservation Regulations; Fishery Activities............................. 0648-AP63
726 Endangered Species; Transferring Permits............................................ 0648-AP64
727 Rulemaking for the Incidental Taking of Marine Mammals During Worldwide Deployment 0648-AM62
of the U.S. Navy's Low Frequency Active Sonar.......................................
728 Sea Turtle Conservation Regulations; Summer Flounder Fishery........................ 0648-AM89
729 Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Oil and Gas 0648-AP83
Structure Removal Activities in the Gulf of Mexico..................................
730 Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large 0648-AP93
Whale Take Reduction Plan Regulations...............................................
731 Sea Turtle Conservation Regulations; Restrictions Applicable to Shrimp Trawl 0648-AP96
Activities; Leatherback Conservation Zone...........................................
732 Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction; Temporary Area and Gear Restrictions........... 0648-AP97
733 Sea Turtle Conservation Regulations; Restrictions Applicable to Shrimp Trawl 0648-AP99
Activities; Leatherback Conservation Zone...........................................
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734 Sea Turtle Conservation Regulations; Restrictions Applicable to Shrimp Trawl 0648-AQ06
Activities; Leatherback Conservation Zone...........................................
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Discontinued Entries
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Regulation
Identification Title Date Comments
Number
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0648-AM07 Fishery Management Plan Amendment To Revise Community Development Quota Regulations 07/25/2002 Withdrawn
0648-AM94 Amendment 62 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 08/28/2002 Withdrawn
Management Area and Amendment 62 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska
0648-AN03 Prohibit Use of Set Net Gear To Harvest Groundfish in Certain Portions of the Exclusive 06/25/2002 Withdrawn
Economic Zone Waters Seaward of California
0648-AN19 Amendment 1 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan 08/12/2002 Withdrawn
0648-AN20 Amendment 14 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan 08/12/2002 Withdrawn
0648-AO55 Amendment 14 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan 08/12/2002 Withdrawn
0648-AP45 Secretarial Amendment to Implement Annual Adjustment Measures for the Northeast 08/14/2002 Withdrawn
Multispecies Fishery for Fishing Year 2002
0648-AP56 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; Framework 3 08/12/2002 Withdrawn
0648-AP58 Spiny Dogfish Fishery; Amendment 1 08/12/2002 Withdrawn
0648-AP82 Suspension of the Texas Closure in Accordance With the Fishery Management Plan for the 05/09/2002 Withdrawn
Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP)
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
735 Mandatory Reimbursement Rules for Relocation of Federal Spectrum.................... 0660-AA14
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Patent and Trademark Office--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
736 Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Appeals 0651-AB27
Under 35 U.S.C. 134.................................................................
737 Changes in Rules of Practice for Patent Interferences and Related Proceedings....... 0651-AB32
738 Changes To Improve the Patent and Application Process............................... 0651-AB50
739 Revision of the Fees for Request for Continued Examination and the URAA Transitional 0651-AB53
Examination Practices...............................................................
740 Changes in Trademark Rules of Practice in Inter Partes Proceedings Before the 0651-AB56
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board....................................................
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Patent and Trademark Office--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
741 Complaints Regarding Invention Promoters............................................ 0651-AB12
742 Elimination of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to Utility and Plant... 0651-AB37
743 Revision of Patent and Trademark Fees for Fiscal Year 2003.......................... 0651-AB51
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744 Changes To Implement Patent-Related Provisions of United States Patent and Trademark 0651-AB54
Reauthorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003...............................................
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Patent and Trademark Office--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
745 Correspondence Filed in the Patent and Trademark Office............................. 0651-AB17
746 Madrid Protocol Implementation Act Rules Change..................................... 0651-AB45
747 Processing Fee for Use of Paper Forms for Submission of Applications for 0651-AB52
Registration and Other Documents....................................................
748 Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark 0651-AB55
Office..............................................................................
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Patent and Trademark Office--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
749 Rulemaking Related to Electronic Filing of Trademark Documents...................... 0651-AB31
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Patent and Trademark Office--Discontinued Entries
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Regulation
Identification Title Date Comments
Number
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0651-AB34 Development of Plan To Remove Patent and Trademark Classified Paper Files From Public 04/09/2002 Withdrawn
Search Facilities
0651-AB38 Changes to Representation of Others Before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 08/30/2002 Merged With RIN 0651-AB55
0651-AB46 Patent and Trademark Office Acquisition Regulation 08/30/2002 Withdrawn
0651-AB47 Surcharge for the Use of Non-Electric, Paper Forms for Submission of Applications for 05/17/2002 Withdrawn
Registration and Other Documents
0651-AB48 Amendment of Rule Regarding Filing of Trademark Correspondence via Express Mail 08/30/2002 Withdrawn
0651-AB49 Revision of Patent and Trademark Fees for Fiscal Year 2003 06/28/2002 Withdrawn
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Technology Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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750 Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under 0692-AA14
Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements............................
751 Acquisition and Protection of Foreign Rights in Inventions.......................... 0692-AA15
752 Amendment to Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business 0692-AA18
Firms Under Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements................
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Department of Commerce (DOC) Final Rule Stage
Office of the Secretary (OS)
_______________________________________________________________________
483. NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN,
HANDICAP, AND AGE IN PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 794; 42 USC 2000d to 2000d-7; 42 USC 6101 to
6107; EO 12250
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 8; 15 CFR 8b; 15 CFR 8c; 15 CFR 20
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Department of Commerce proposes to make amendments to its
regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
(Title VI), section 504 of The Rehabilitation Act of 1972 (section
504), and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (Age Discrimination Act).
Together, these statutes prohibit discrimination on the basis of race,
color, national origin, disability, and age in programs or activities
that receive Federal financial assistance. In 1988, the Civil Rights
Restoration Act (CRRA) added definitions of ``program or activity'' and
``program'' to Title VI and added a definition of ``program or
activity'' to section 504 and the Age Discrimination Act. The added
definitions were designed to clarify the broad scope of coverage of
recipients' programs or activities under these statutes. The
promulgation of this proposed regulation explicitly incorporates the
CRRA's definition of ``program or activity'' and ``program'' into the
Department's Title VI, section 504, and Age Discrimination Act
regulations. The Department's proposed regulation will be published as
part of a joint notice of proposed rulemaking involving up to 24
Federal agencies.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/06/00 65 FR 76460
NPRM Comment Period End 01/05/01
Final Action 12/00/02
Final Action Effective 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Lawrence N. Self, Acting Director, Office of Civil
Rights, Department of Commerce, Office of the Secretary, HCHB Room
6010, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-0625
Fax: 202 482-5375
RIN: 0690-AA30
_______________________________________________________________________
484. EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT; REMOVAL OF OBSOLETE
REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; 5 USC 7301; 5 USC 7353; 26 USC 7214(b); EO
12731; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Department of Commerce issues this final rule to remove
obsolete sectors of the Commerce and Foreign Trade Regulation
concerning the policies and procedures relating to employee
responsibilities and conduct.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Douglas Ligor, Attorney Advisor, Department of
Commerce, Office of the Secretary, HCHB Room 5898C, 14th & Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-0127
Fax: 202 482-2998
RIN: 0690-AA32
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Proposed Rule Stage
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
_______________________________________________________________________
485. ANNUAL SURVEY OF SELECTED SERVICES TRANSACTIONS WITH UNAFFILIATED
FOREIGN PERSONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 22 USC 3101 to 3108
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 801
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will amend existing rule 15 CFR 801 to raise the
threshold for reporting on the BE-22, Annual Survey of Selected
Services Transactions with Unaffiliated Foreign Persons, and to bring
the survey into conformity with the BE-20, Benchmark Survey of Selected
Services Transactions with Unaffiliated Foreign Persons.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: R. David Belli, Chief, International Investment
Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, BE-50,
14th & Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 606-9807
Fax: 202 606-5318
Email: david.belli@bea.doc.gov
RIN: 0691-AA43
_______________________________________________________________________
486. BENCHMARK SURVEY OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED
STATES--2002
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 22 USC 3101 to 3108
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 806
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will amend existing rule 15 CFR 806.17 to provide
for the conduct of the BE-12, Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct
Investment in the United States--2002, as required in the International
Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act, 22 USC 3101 to 3108 (see
especially section 4(b) of the Act). The existing rule covers a similar
survey for 1997 which has been completed and which the new survey will
update.
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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: R. David Belli, Chief, International Investment
Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, BE-50,
14th & Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 606-9807
Fax: 202 606-5318
Email: david.belli@bea.doc.gov
RIN: 0691-AA44
_______________________________________________________________________
487. TRANSACTIONS OF U.S. AFFILIATE, EXCEPT U.S. BANKING AFFILIATE, WITH
FOREIGN PARENT (BE-605) AND TRANSACTIONS OF U.S. BANKING AFFILIATE WITH
FOREIGN PARENT (BE-605)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 22 USC 3101 to 3108
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 806
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will amend existing rule 15 CFR 806.15 on the BE-
605, Transactions of U.S. Affiliated, Except a U.S. Banking Affiliate,
with Foreign Parent and BE-605 Bank, Transactions of U.S. Banking
Affiliate with Foreign Parent, to bring the survey into conformity with
the BE-12, Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United
States--2002.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: R. David Belli, Chief, International Investment
Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, BE-50,
14th & Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 606-9807
Fax: 202 606-5318
Email: david.belli@bea.doc.gov
RIN: 0691-AA45
_______________________________________________________________________
488. [bull] ANNUAL SURVEY OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED
STATES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 22 USC 3101 to 3108
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 806
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will amend existing rule CFR 806.15 to raise the
threshold for reporting on the BE-15, Annual Survey of Foreign Direct
Investment in the United States, and to bring the survey into
conformity with the BE-12, Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct
Investment in the United States--2002.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 08/00/03
Final Action 09/00/03
Final Action Effective 10/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: R. David Belli, Chief, International Investment
Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, BE-50,
14th & Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 606-9807
Fax: 202 606-5318
Email: david.belli@bea.doc.gov
RIN: 0691-AA48
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Long-Term Actions
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
_______________________________________________________________________
489. [bull] ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 3121 et seq; 19 USC 3
CFR Citation: 13 CFR ch III
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Economic Development Administration (EDA) will review the
existing regulations implementing the requirements of the Economic
Development Administration Reform Act of 1998 and part 3 of the Trade
Act of 1974 as amended to determine the appropriateness and
effectiveness of those regulations and whether they conflict with any
recent case law. EDA is also subject to reauthorization and will review
its regulations to identify any changes necessary to comply with the
reauthorizing legislation.
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal
Agency Contact: Claudia Nadig, Chief Counsel, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Economic Analysis, HCHB 7005, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-4687
Fax: 202 482-5671
Email: cnadig@eda.gov
RIN: 0691-AA47
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Department of Commerce (DOC) Proposed Rule Stage
Bureau of the Census (CENSUS)
_______________________________________________________________________
490. MANDATORY AUTOMATED EXPORT SYSTEM (AES) FILING FOR ALL ITEMS ON THE
COMMERCE CONTROL LIST (CCL) AND THE UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST (USML)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 106-113, title XII
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 30
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of the Census is amending the Foreign Trade
Statistics Regulations to specify the Requirement for the Mandatory
Automated Export System (AES) filing for all items on the Department of
Commerce's Commerce Control List (CCL) and the United States Munitions
List (USML) of the Department of State. The AES is an electronic method
by which export information can be transmitted. This amendment will
specify the provisions and the responsibilities of parties exporting
commodities identified on the CCL and USML via AES.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 03/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Ruth Mangaroo, Regulations, Outreach, & Education
Branch, Foreign Trade Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the
Census, Room 3125, FB-3, Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301 457-2238
Fax: 301 457-3765
RIN: 0607-AA34
_______________________________________________________________________
491. [bull] BUREAU OF THE CENSUS GEOGRAPHICALLY UPDATED POPULATION
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 50
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of the Census will reinstate the process for
requesting certification of population and housing counts for
governmental units that change boundaries or that newly incorporate or
organize. To create a consistent process to meet the anticipated demand
for certifying these counts, the Bureau of the Census proposes amending
title 15 CFR part 50, by adding a new section that provides the
procedures for this certification process.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Rodger V. Johnson, Department of Commerce, Bureau of
the Census, Population Division Room 2324 FB-3, Population Distribution
Branch, Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301 763-2419
Fax: 301 457-2481
RIN: 0607-AA37
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Final Rule Stage
Bureau of the Census (CENSUS)
_______________________________________________________________________
492. SPECIAL SERVICES AND STUDIES BY THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS;
AMENDMENTS TO AGE SEARCH PROCEDURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 1256; 13 USC 8
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 50.1(d); 15 CFR 80.1(c); 15 CFR 80.1(g); 15 CFR
50.5
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Chapter 1, part 50.1(d) should be amended to read as follows:
If a search is unsuccessful and additional information for a further
search is requested by the Bureau, such information must be received
within 90 days of the request or the case will be considered closed.
Additional information received after 90 days must be accompanied by a
new fee and will be considered a new request. Chapter 1, part 80.1(c):
Change the address from Pittsburg, Kansas 66762 to Jeffersonville,
Indiana 47131. Chapter 1, part 80.1(g): The language may be clarified
by changing it to read: Census information will not be furnished to
another person unless the person to whom the information relates
authorizes such release in the space provided on the Form BC-600.
Chapter 1, part 50.5: The note following the chart of the fee structure
can be eliminated since we have not had a fee increase since February
1993.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/17/01 66 FR 48013
NPRM Comment Period End 10/17/01
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Stanley M. Domzalski, Assistant Chief (Services),
National Processing Center, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the
Census, 1201 East 10th Street, Jeffersonville, IN 47132
Phone: 812 218-3579
Fax: 812 218-3293
RIN: 0607-AA24
_______________________________________________________________________
493. REPORTING VALUE ON SHIPPER'S EXPORT DECLARATION FOR INLAND FREIGHT
AND INSURANCE CHARGES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 13 USC 301; 13 USC 302
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 30.7(q)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of the Census is amending the Foreign Trade
Statistics Regulations to clarify the provisions for reporting the
value of merchandise on the Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) when the
inland freight and insurance charges are not known. Current provisions
define the value to be reported on the SED as the value at the U.S.
port of export including inland freight and insurance charges. In
situations where inland freight and insurance charges are not known the
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Census Bureau will require that the exporter add 3 percent of the value
of the commodity to the value to determine the total value to be
reported on the SED.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Ruth Mangaroo, Regulations, Outreach, & Education
Branch, Foreign Trade Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the
Census, Room 3125, FB-3, Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301 457-2238
Fax: 301 457-3765
RIN: 0607-AA29
_______________________________________________________________________
494. REPORTING THE VALUE OF REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT PARTS ON THE
SHIPPER'S EXPORT DECLARATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 13 USC 301; 13 USC 302
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 30.30(c)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of the Census is amending the Foreign Trade
Statistics Regulations to clarify provisions for reporting the value of
exports that were previously imported for repairs or alterations, and
the value of replacement parts. This amendment will clarify provisions
for reporting the cost of repairs and/or alterations and reporting the
value of replacement parts on the Shipper's Export Declaration.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Ruth Mangaroo, Regulations, Outreach, & Education
Branch, Foreign Trade Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the
Census, Room 3125, FB-3, Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301 457-2238
Fax: 301 457-3765
RIN: 0607-AA30
_______________________________________________________________________
495. NOTATION OF THE SHIPPER'S EXPORT DECLARATION FILING EXEMPTION
STATEMENT ON MANIFEST DOCUMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 13 USC 301; 13 USC 302
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 30.50
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of the Census is amending the Foreign Trade
Statistics Regulations (FTSR) to clarify provisions for making
notations on the Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) filing exemption
statement on the bill of lading, air waybill, or other loading document
for carrier use, in all cases when an SED is not required to be filed.
This amendment will require the exporter to refer to the specific FTSR
section, explaining the exemption criteria, whenever an SED is not
required to be filed with the statement ``No SED Required, FTSR 30.XX''
on the manifest document.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Ruth Mangaroo, Regulations, Outreach, & Education
Branch, Foreign Trade Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the
Census, Room 3125, FB-3, Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301 457-2238
Fax: 301 457-3765
RIN: 0607-AA31
_______________________________________________________________________
496. CUTOFF DATES FOR RECOGNITION OF BOUNDARY CHANGES FOR CENSUS 2000
AND FOR THE INTERCENSAL PERIOD
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 553(b)(3)(A); 5 USC 604(a); 44 USC 35
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 70
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is establishing
cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes to geographic entities
for which the Census Bureau reports data in various surveys, estimates,
censuses, programs, compilations, and publications throughout the
period between decennial censuses (years 2001 through 2009).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/25/02 67 FR 3631
NPRM Comment Period End 02/25/02
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local
Agency Contact: Robert W. Marx, Chief, Geography Division, Department
of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Stop 7400, 4700 Silver Hill Road,
Washington, DC 20233-7400
Phone: 301 457-2131
Email: rmarx@geo.census.gov
RIN: 0607-AA35
_______________________________________________________________________
497. [bull] BUREAU OF THE CENSUS CERTIFICATION PROCESS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 192; 15 USC 189a; 13 USC 8
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 50.50(a); 15 CFR 50.50(b); 15 CFR 50.50(c)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Part 50.50(a): Upon request, the Census Bureau certifies
certain statistical materials (such as the population and housing unit
counts of government entities, published tabulations, maps, and other
documents). The Census Bureau charges customers a preset fee for this
service according to the kind of certification requested (either an
impressed document or an attestation) and the level of difficulty
involved in compiling it (easy, moderate, or difficult, determined
according to the resources expended) as well as the set cost of the
data product to be certified. Certification prices range from $70 to
$240.
Part 50.50(b): There are two forms of certification available:
Impressed Documents and Attestations. (1) Impressed Documents. An
impressed document is one that is certified by
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impressing the Census Bureau seal on the document itself. (2)
Attestations. Attestation is a more formal process of certification. It
consists of a signed statement by a Census Bureau official that the
document is authentic and produced or published by the agency, followed
by a signed statement of another Census Bureau official witnessing the
authority of the first.
Part 50.50(c): Requests for certification should be submitted on Form
BC-1868(EF), Request for Official Certification, to the Census Bureau
by fax, (301) 457-4714 or by e-mail, webmaster@census.gov. No
certification request will be processed without payment of the required
fee.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/04/02 67 FR 38445
NPRM Comment Period 07/05/02
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Les Solomon, Chief, Customer Services Center,
Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, FB-3, Room 1579,
Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301 763-5377
Fax: 301 457-4714
RIN: 0607-AA36
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Final Rule Stage
General Administration (ADMIN)
_______________________________________________________________________
498. GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; PL 103-355, sec 2455; 31 USC 6101; EO
12549; EO 12689
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 26
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Periodically, OMB amends the Governmentwide common rule for
suspension and debarment of contractors and assistance participants who
threaten the integrity of Federal programs because of criminal
misconduct or poor performance. Agencies must issue changes to their
individual codified versions to conform to the common rule. Recently,
the Interagency Suspension and Debarment Coordinating Committee
prepared recommendations for comprehensive changes to the common rule
to conform to changes made in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
as a result of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act. In addition,
several other proposals to improve or change the rule are included.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/23/02 67 FR 3266
NPRM Comment Period End 03/23/02
Final Action 03/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Robert Kugelman, Director, Office of Executive
Budgeting and Assistance Management, Department of Commerce, HCHB Room
6022, 14th & Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-4115
Fax: 202 482-3270
RIN: 0605-AA16
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Long-Term Actions
General Administration (ADMIN)
_______________________________________________________________________
499. PUBLIC INFORMATION, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 4; 15 CFR 4a; 15 CFR 4b
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/31/00 65 FR 34606
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Andy McCready
Phone: 202 482-8044
RIN: 0605-AA14
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_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Completed Actions
General Administration (ADMIN)
_______________________________________________________________________
500. UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENT FOR GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER NONPROFITS AND
COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 14
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 10/01/01 66 FR 49827
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Elizabeth L. Dorfman
Phone: 202 482-4115
RIN: 0605-AA09
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Proposed Rule Stage
International Trade Administration (ITA)
_______________________________________________________________________
501. PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE INSULAR POSSESSIONS WATCH, WATCH MOVEMENT
AND JEWELRY PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 97-446, sec 110; PL 103-465, sec 602; PL 94-241,
sec 601; PL 106-36, sec 2401
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 303
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed rule would amend ITA regulations by defining the
term ``permanent resident'' in order to clarify which wages qualify as
creditable and which do not for purposes of calculating the duty-refund
for watches and jewelry.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/23/01 66 FR 28404
Final Rule 07/02/01 66 FR 34810
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Faye Robinson, Acting Director, Department of Commerce,
International Trade Administration, FCB Suite 4100W, Statutory Import
Staff Programs, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-3526
RIN: 0625-AA57
_______________________________________________________________________
502. [bull] SHORT SUPPLY OF FABRIC AND YARN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 106-200, sec 112(b)(5)(B); PL 106-200, sec 211; EO
13191
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 345
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed rule implements certain provisions of the Trade
and Development Act of 2000 (the Act). Title I of the Act (the African
Growth and Opportunity Act or AGOA) and Title II of the Act (the United
States--Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act or CBTPA) provide for
quota and duty-free treatment for qualifying apparel products from
designated beneficiary countries. AGOA and CBTPA authorize quota and
duty-free treatment for apparel articles that are both cut (or knit-to-
shape) and sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more designated
beneficiary countries from yarn or fabric that is not formed in the
United States or a beneficiary country, provided it has been determined
that such yarn or fabric cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely manner. The President has delegated
to the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (the
Committee), which is chaired by Commerce, the authority to determine
whether yarn or fabric cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely manner under the AGOA and the CBTPA,
and has authorized the Committee to extend quota and duty-free
treatment to apparel of such yarn or fabric. The proposed rule provides
the procedure for interested parties to submit a request alleging that
a yarn or fabric cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely manner, the procedure for public
comments, and relevant factors that will be considered in the
Committee's determination. The proposed rule also outlines the factors
to be considered by the Committee in extending quota- and duty-free
treatment.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Janet Heinzen, International Trade Specialist,
Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, 3106,
Office of Textiles and Apparel, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-4006
RIN: 0625-AA59
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_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Final Rule Stage
International Trade Administration (ITA)
_______________________________________________________________________
503. PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING FIVE-YEAR (SUNSET) REVIEWS OF ANTIDUMPING
AND COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 19 USC 1671 et seq; 19 USC 1673 et seq; 19 USC 1303
CFR Citation: 19 CFR 351
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On May 19, 1997 (62 FR 27296), the Department of Commerce
(the Department) published final rules on, inter alia, procedures for
conducting antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings to conform
the Department's existing regulations to the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act (URAA). Although these regulations contain provisions on the
conduct of sunset reviews, the Department is planning to amend the
regulations to provide more guidance on the procedures for conducting
sunset reviews. Specifically, the Department proposes to amend the
procedural regulations for participation in, and conduct of, sunset
reviews to add two definitions to provide shorthand expressions for
120-day and 240-day sunset reviews; provide deadlines for certain
submissions; clarify the information to be provided by parties
participating in a sunset review; clarify when the Department will
conduct a 120-day or a 240-day sunset review; and provide time limits
for actions to be taken by the Department.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 03/20/98 63 FR 13516
Interim Final Rule Effective 03/20/98
Final Action 04/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Stacy Ettinger, Attorney, Department of Commerce,
International Trade Administration, Room 3828, 14th & Pennsylvania
Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-4618
RIN: 0625-AA51
_______________________________________________________________________
504. IMPORT OF CERTAIN WORSTED WOOL FABRIC: IMPLEMENTATION OF TARIFF
RATE QUOTE ESTABLISHED UNDER TITLE V OF THE TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF
2000
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: PL 106-200, sec 501-504; Title V of the Trade and
Development Act of 2000; Presidential Proclamation No. 7383 (December
1, 2000)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 335; 15 CFR 340
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On January 22, 2001, the Department of Commerce issued
interim regulations implementing section 501(e) and section 504(b) of
the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (the Act). Section 501(e)
requires the President to fairly allocate tariff rate quotas on the
import of certain worsted wool fabrics, tariff rate quotas which were
established by sections 501(a) and 501(b) of the Act. Section 504(b)
authorizes the President to modify the limitations on worsted wool
fabric imports under the tariff rate quotas. The President has
delegated to the Secretary of Commerce the authority to allocate the
quantity of imports under the tariff rate quotas and to determine
whether the limitations on the quantity of imports under the tariff
rate quotas should be modified. Final regulations will be issued after
the period for notice and comment has expired.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 01/22/01 66 FR 6459
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period End 03/23/01
Final Rule 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Sergio Botero, Industry Economist, Department of
Commerce, International Trade Administration, HCHB Room 3119, Office of
Textiles and Apparel, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20230
Phone: 202 482-4058
Fax: 202 482-0667
RIN: 0625-AA58
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Long-Term Actions
International Trade Administration (ITA)
_______________________________________________________________________
505. EXPORT TRADE CERTIFICATES OF REVIEW (15 CFR 325)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 325
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Jeffery Anspacher
Phone: 202 482-5131
Fax: 202 482-1790
RIN: 0625-AA52
_______________________________________________________________________
506. [bull] ESTABLISHMENT OF STEEL IMPORT LICENSING AND SURGE-MONITORING
PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 19 USC 2251 et seq
CFR Citation: 19 CFR ch III
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On March 5, 2002, the President issued Proclamation 7529 - To
Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition of Certain Steel
Products. In this Proclamation, the President ordered restrictions and
increased tariffs on imports of certain steel products. Also on March
5, 2002, the President issued a memorandum instructing the Secretary of
Commerce, together with the Secretary of the Treasury, to implement a
licensing program to give effect to the positive adjustments contained
in Proclamation 7529. Pursuant to these instructions, these procedures
have been proposed.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 07/18/02 67 FR 47338
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Roland MacDonald, Department of Commerce, International
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Trade Administration, Room 3713, 14th and Pennsysvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-1275
RIN: 0625-AA60
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Proposed Rule Stage
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
_______________________________________________________________________
507. MANDATORY ELECTRONIC FILING OF LICENSE APPLICATIONS, CLASSIFICATION
REQUESTS, AND LICENSE EXCEPTIONS NOTIFICATIONS VIA BIS'S SIMPLIFIED
NETWORK APPLICATION PROCESS (SNAP)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401; 50 USC 1701; 18 USC 2510; 22 USC
3201; EO 12058; EO 12851; EO 12938; EO 13026; EO 13222; 66 FR 56965; 67
FR 53721; EO 12924, 59 FR 43437, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 917; EO 13026,
61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 743; 15 CFR 748; 15 CFR
754; 15 CFR 772
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would change the Export Administration Regulations
as needed to implement a revised version of the Bureau of Industry and
Security's Simplified Network Application Processing (SNAP) system.
This rule also would make use of that system mandatory for all filings
of Export License applications (except Special Comprehensive Licenses
and deemed export licenses), Reexport Authorization requests,
Classification requests, Encryption Review requests, and License
Exception AGR notifications unless the Bureau of Industry and Security
authorizes paper filing for a particular user or transaction. This rule
also would authorize SNAP filing for special reports of certain items
controlled under the Wassenaar Arrangement. This rule also would
eliminate all provisions of the regulations associated with earlier
versions of SNAP and other electronic filing systems that the Bureau of
Industry and Security has used in the past, as use of those systems
would be terminated upon introduction of the new version of SNAP (SNAP
2002). Those eliminated provisions include the requirements regarding
personal identification numbers (PINs) and the requirement for users to
keep logs of items filed electronically. This rule also would require
that requests for advisory opinions include the Export Control
Classification Number of the item(s) at issue, revise emergency license
application procedures, set the value of all aircraft licensed for
temporary sojourn abroad to zero and correct some omissions,
misstatements and typographical errors.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William Arvin, Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: warvin@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC20
_______________________________________________________________________
508. [bull] PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT EXPORT LICENSE JURISDICTION
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 1A004 in the
Commerce Control List (CCL) provides that protection and detection
equipment and components not specially designed for military use are
subject to the licensing authority of the Department of State, Office
of Defense Trade Controls (DTC). The Bureau of Industry and Security
(BIS) has received information suggesting that the existing rule
commits to DTC authority a number of items that have primarily civil
end uses. This proposed rule draws a distinction between items subject
to DTC control and items subject to the Export Administration
Regulations (EAR) by modifying ECCN 1A004 and creating a new ECCN
1A995.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William Arvin, Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: warvin@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC64
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Final Rule Stage
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
_______________________________________________________________________
509. CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC
3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO
13026; EO 13222
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 710 et seq
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The final rule will make effective the proposed rule
published July 21, 1999. The purpose of the regulation is to implement
the provisions of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,
Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their
Destruction (Chemical Weapons
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Convention) and the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of
1998, requiring private facilities to submit information on certain
activities involving toxic chemicals, and to make certain private
facilities subject to periodic inspection by the Organization for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the international organization
created to administer the Convention and to monitor compliance by
States Parties.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 07/21/99 64 FR 39193
Interim Final Rule 12/30/99 64 FR 73744
Correction 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Willard Fisher, Export Administration Specialist,
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, 14th &
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AB06
_______________________________________________________________________
510. REVISIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS; ADDITIONS TO
THE ENTITY LIST
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC
3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO
13026; EO 13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 744
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) provide that the
Bureau of Export Administration may inform exporters, individually or
through amendment to the EAR, that a license is required for exports or
reexports to certain entities. The EAR contains a list of such
entities. This rule adds entities to the Entity List, and requires a
license for all exports and reexports of all items subject to the EAR.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Addition to Entity List 05/16/97 62 FR 26922
Addition to Entity List 06/30/97 62 FR 35334
Addition to Entity List 06/30/97 62 FR 35335
Revision to Entity List 10/01/97 62 FR 51369
Addition to Entity List -
Russian Entities 07/29/98 63 FR 40363
Revisions and Additions to
Entity List 05/14/01 66 FR 24264
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Industry and Security, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AB60
_______________________________________________________________________
511. EXPORTS AND REEXPORTS OF EXPLOSIVE DETECTION SYSTEMS; EXPANSION OF
FOREIGN POLICY CONTROLS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC
3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO
13026; EO 13222; ; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139a; EO 12002; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO 13026; EO 13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration is amending the Export
Administration Regulations by expanding the current scope of control of
explosive detection systems controlled by Export Control Classification
Number (ECCN) 2A993 to include all types of systems that detect the
presence of explosives or explosive residue. This rule also expands the
control of these explosive detection systems to Iraq. In addition, this
rule establishes a new licensing requirement on the export and reexport
of software designed or modified for the development, production, or
use of explosive detection systems to Iran, Iraq, Sudan, and Syria for
antiterrorism reasons.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman, Export Policy Analyst, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AB87
_______________________________________________________________________
512. EXPORTS AND REEXPORTS TO SUDAN
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC
3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO
13026; EO 13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to reflect the imposition of
economic sanctions on Sudan, as a result of the issuance of Executive
Order 13067 on November 3, 1997. The Executive Order delegates
implementation responsibility to the Department of the Treasury's
Office of Foreign Assets Control, including authority for exports and
certain reexports. In addition, this rule makes editorial revisions to
the EAR relating to embargoes and antiterrorism controls.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman, Export Policy Analyst, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC05
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513. REVISIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS RELATED TO THE
MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC
3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO
13026; EO 13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 774; 15 CFR 742
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export
Administration Regulations (EAR) to amend the Commerce Control List to
reflect the reformatted Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Annex
of October 14, 1999 (Noordwijk/TEM). This final rule also amends
Country Group A:2, MTCR, to add the Czech Republic, Korea (Republic
of), Poland, Turkey, and Ukraine.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Industry and Security, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC22
_______________________________________________________________________
514. REVISIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
REGULATIONS (EAR)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC
3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO
13026; EO 13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730; 15 CFR 732; 15 CFR 734; 15 CFR 736; 15 CFR
740; 15 CFR 746; 15 CFR 748; 15 CFR 752; 15 CFR 758; 15 CFR 772; 15 CFR
774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations by
making certain revisions and clarifications and, in some cases, inserts
material inadvertently omitted from previous rules.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Industry and Security, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC24
_______________________________________________________________________
515. LICENSE EXCEPTION AVS: CUBA, LIBYA, SERBIA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC
3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO
13026; EO 13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by allowing equipment, spares,
and plane stores under the provisions of License Exception AVS on
foreign registered aircraft subject to the EAR that are temporarily
reexported to Libya and Serbia, and on U.S.- or foreign-registered
aircraft subject to the EAR that are temporarily exported or reexported
to Cuba.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Willard Fisher, Export Administration Specialist,
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, 14th &
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AC33
_______________________________________________________________________
516. CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: REVISIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC
3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO
13026; EO 13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) administers export
controls on certain toxic chemicals and precursors that are listed in
the ``Schedules of Chemicals'' contained within the ``Annex on
Chemicals'' to the ``Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,
Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their
Destruction,'' also known as the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
This rule amends the CWC provisions in the Export Administration
Regulations (EAR) to clarify BXA licensing requirements and policies
for chemicals and precursors controlled for chemical weapons reasons.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Willard Fisher, Export Administration Specialist,
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, 14th &
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AC35
_______________________________________________________________________
517. EXPORTS TO AFGHANISTAN (THE TALIBAN) AND LIBERIA: IMPOSITION OF
FOREIGN POLICY CONTROLS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC
3201
[[Page 74385]]
et seq; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO 13026;
EO 13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
to implement United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions 1333 of
December 19, 2000, and 1343 of March 7, 2001, which mandated embargoes
on the sale or supply of arms-related items, including technical
assistance and training, to the Taliban and to Liberia, respectively.
These steps taken by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
supplement controls implemented by the Department of State on exports
of defense articles and services to the Taliban and to Liberia under
the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. BIS already requires a
license for the export and reexport to Afghanistan and Liberia of most
of the items subject to the EAR that fall within the scope of the UNSC-
mandated ban on arms-related items (e.g., items controlled for regional
stability and crime control reasons).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman, Export Policy Analyst, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC45
_______________________________________________________________________
518. ELIMINATION OF ``NATIONAL SECURITY'' AS A REASON FOR CONTROL FOR
CERTAIN ITEMS ON THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 1701; 18 USC 2510; EO 13222; EO
12058; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule amends the Commerce Control List (CCL) to eliminate
``National Security'' as a reason for control with respect to certain
items. This rule is needed to make the CCL conform to Section
5(c)(6)(A) of the Export Administration Act (the Act), which provides
that unilateral national security controls expire six months after
enactment of the Act or of the control (whichever is later) unless a
determination has been made under section 5 of the Act that there is no
foreign availability of the items or unless the President is pursuing
negotiations to end such availability. All but four of the items
affected by this rule are moved to other Export Control Classification
Numbers (ECCNs) on the CCL. Two of the items that are removed from the
CCL (bayonets and technology for the design, production or use of
bayonets) are transferred to the United States Munitions List. The
other two items (muzzle-loading firearms and technology for the design,
production or use of muzzle-loading firearms) are now EAR99.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William Arvin, Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: warvin@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC54
_______________________________________________________________________
519. IMPOSITION AND EXPANSION OF CONTROLS ON DESIGNATED PERSONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC 1701; 50 USC 2401; 22 USC 3201; EO 13099; EO
13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 744; 15 CFR 772
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This final rule amends the Export Administration Regulations
(EAR) by imposing a license requirement on the export and reexport of
any item subject to the EAR by a U.S. person or non-U.S. person to
persons blocked and designated pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of
September 23, 2001. In response to grave acts of terrorism and threats
of terrorism, Executive Order 13224 blocks the property and interests
in property of persons who commit, threaten to commit or support
terrorism, and prohibits U.S. persons or applicable non-U.S. persons
from engaging in any transactions with such blocked persons. The
Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
maintains the list of blocked persons newly designated Specially
Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) in Appendix A to 31 C.F.R. chapter
V pursuant to Executive Order 13224 and identified by the bracketed
initials [SDGT]. This rule also amends the EAR by expanding reexport
controls on Specially Designated Terrorists (SDTs) and foreign controls
on Specially Designated Terrorists (SDTs) and Foreign Terrorist
Organizations (FTOs). OFAC also maintains the lists of SDTs and FTOs
found in appendix A to 31 C.F.R. chapter V and identified by the
bracketed initials [SDT] and [FTO], respectively.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman, Export Policy Analyst, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC60
_______________________________________________________________________
520. [bull] IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2002 WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT LIST OF
DUAL-USE ITEMS: REVISIONS TO CATEGORIES 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 AND 9 OF THE
COMMERCE CONTROL LIST, GENERAL SOFTWARE NOTE, AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401; EO 13222; EO 13020; 50 USC 1701; 10 USC
7420; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 743; 15 CFR 772; 15 CFR 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) maintains the
Commerce Control List (CCL), which identifies
[[Page 74386]]
items subject to Department of Commerce export controls. This final
rule revises certain entries controlled for national security reasons
in categories 2, 3, 4, 5 part I (telecommunications), 5 part II
(information security), 6, 7, and 9 to conform with changes in the List
of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies maintained and agreed to by
governments participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export
Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies
(Wassenaar Arrangement). The Wassenaar Arrangement controls strategic
items with the objective of improving regional and international
security and stability.
The purpose of this final rule is to make the necessary changes to the
Commerce Control List to implement revisions to the Wassenaar List that
were agreed upon in the February 2002 meeting (and finalized in June
2002) and to make necessary revisions to reporting requirements,
definitions, and the General Software Note.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Industry and Security, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC65
_______________________________________________________________________
521. [bull] REVISION OF EXPORT CONTROLS FOR GENERAL PURPOSE
MICROPROCESSORS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 1701; 22 USC 3201; 42 USC 2139(a);
EO 13224; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 744; 15 CFR 772; 15 CFR 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to remove license requirements
for exports and reexports of general purpose microprocessors to most
destinations. There will be no change to existing license requirements
for the export or reexport of general purpose microprocessors to
terrorist-supporting and embargoed countries, and no change to license
requirements for exports or reexports of microprocessors specifically
designed for military uses. In addition, this rule will establish a new
license requirement for the export or reexport of general purpose
microprocessors if at the time of the export or reexport you know, have
reason to know, or are informed that the item will be used in a
military weapon system or used by a military end-user in Country Group
D:1.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Industry and Security, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC66
_______________________________________________________________________
522. [bull] LICENSE APPLICATION DENIAL POLICY, ``RED FLAG'' INDICATORS
OF POSSIBLE INAPPROPRIATE END-USE, END-USER OR DESTINATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401; 50 USC 1701; EO 13026; EO 13222; 22
USC 3201; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12058; EO 12851; EO 12938; EO 12947; EO
13026; EO 13099; EO 13222; EO 13224
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 732; 15 CFR 744.11
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule makes explicit BIS's policy of denying export
license applications when a sanction imposed on a party pursuant to a
statute requires such denial. Such sanctions are imposed for activities
contrary to United States foreign policy interests or that contribute
to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. This rule also
makes the imposition of such sanctions or publication of a party's name
on the BIS ``Unverified List'' a ``red flag'' triggering a need for
heightened scrutiny when dealing with such parties in transactions that
are subject to the Export Administration Regulations.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: William Arvin, Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: warvin@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC68
[[Page 74387]]
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Long-Term Actions
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
_______________________________________________________________________
523. TRANSFER OF DUAL-USE ITEMS FROM U.S. MUNITIONS LIST TO THE COMMERCE
CONTROL LIST
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774 Supplement No. 1
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Transfer of Communications
Satellites 10/23/92 57 FR 48312
Navigation and Avionics 06/23/93 58 FR 34211
Final Rule - Transfer of
Commercial Communication
Satellites 09/08/93 58 FR 47322
Transfer of Items From the USMI
to the CCL; Imposition of
Certain Foreign Policy Controls 10/26/93 58 FR 57549
Satellite Fuel 09/29/97 62 FR 50865
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Brian Nilsson
Phone: 202 482-4196
RIN: 0694-AA52
_______________________________________________________________________
524. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE LOG EXPORTS BAN
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 754
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 06/07/95 60 FR 30030
ANPRM Comment Period End 07/07/95
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State, Local
Agency Contact: Willard Fisher
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AB25
_______________________________________________________________________
525. CHANGE THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST TO REVISE CONTROLS ON
COMMUNICATION INTERCEPTING DEVICES (EXPORT COMMERCE CONTROL NUMBER ECCN
5A980)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Brian Nilsson
Phone: 202 482-4196
RIN: 0694-AB41
_______________________________________________________________________
526. CLARIFICATION OF LICENSE EXCEPTION GFT (HUMANITARIAN DONATIONS)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hillary Hess
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: hhess@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AB49
_______________________________________________________________________
527. EXPORTS OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE; RELEASE OF TECHNOLOGY OR SOURCE
CODE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS IN THE UNITED STATES
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AB59
_______________________________________________________________________
528. INDIA AND PAKISTAN SANCTIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule - India and
Pakistan Sanctions and Other
Measures 11/19/98 63 FR 64322
Interim Final Rule - Correction
to India and Pakistan Sanctions
and Other Measures 11/27/98 63 FR 65352
Final Rule 03/17/00 65 FR 14444
Final Rule 07/26/00 65 FR 45842
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hillary Hess
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: hhess@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AB73
_______________________________________________________________________
529. EXPANSION OF LICENSE EXCEPTION CIV ELIGIBILITY FOR
``MICROPROCESSORS'' CONTROLLED BY ECCN 3A001
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 07/08/99 64 FR 36779
Interim Final Rule 11/26/99 64 FR 66372
Interim Final Rule 06/13/00 65 FR 37039
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hillary Hess
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: hhess@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AB90
_______________________________________________________________________
530. EXPORT OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE THROUGH ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSIONS,
DOWNLOADS, AND PROGRAMMING ONTO HARDWARE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
[[Page 74388]]
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AB97
_______________________________________________________________________
531. EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS: SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 748
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC04
_______________________________________________________________________
532. ANTITERRORISM CONTROLS ON IRAQ
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC06
_______________________________________________________________________
533. EXPANSION OF LICENSE EXCEPTION GOV; EXPORTS AND REEXPORTS TO
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC15
_______________________________________________________________________
534. DE MINIMIS EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY: U.S. ORIGIN SOFTWARE
INCORPORATED INTO FOREIGN-MADE RETAIL COMMODITIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC17
_______________________________________________________________________
535. REVISION TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS: REPLACEMENT
LICENSES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 748 to 750
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC23
_______________________________________________________________________
536. SHORT SUPPLY CONTROLS: CRUDE OIL EXPORTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 750; 15 CFR 754
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Willard Fisher
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AC25
_______________________________________________________________________
537. OFFSETS IN MILITARY EXPORTS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 701
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Brad Botwin
Phone: 202 482-4060
Fax: 202 482-5650
RIN: 0694-AC27
_______________________________________________________________________
538. ENTITY LIST: ADDITIONS AND REVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC28
_______________________________________________________________________
539. CRIME CONTROL ITEMS: REVISIONS TO THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 09/13/00 65 FR 55177
Final Action To Be Determined
[[Page 74389]]
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC31
_______________________________________________________________________
540. REVISIONS TO ENCRYPTION ITEMS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 10/19/00 65 FR 62600
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Brian Nilsson
Phone: 202 482-4196
RIN: 0694-AC32
_______________________________________________________________________
541. CLARIFICATIONS TO PART 753: SPECIAL COMPREHENSIVE LICENSE
REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Willard Fisher
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AC34
_______________________________________________________________________
542. ADDITION AND REVISION OF MISSILE PROJECTS IN THE EXPORT
ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC46
_______________________________________________________________________
543. REVISION, SUSPENSION, OR PROHIBITION OF USE OF ``NO LICENSE
REQUIRED'' PROVISIONS
Priority: Routine and Frequent
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 732; 15 CFR 738; 15 CFR 758
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC47
_______________________________________________________________________
544. REMOVAL OF LICENSING EXEMPTION FOR EXPORTS AND REEXPORTS OF MISSILE
TECHNOLOGY-CONTROLLED ITEMS DESTINED TO CANADA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 738; 15 CFR 742
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 12/20/01 66 FR 65666
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC48
_______________________________________________________________________
545. EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA: LIFTING OF SANCTIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 732; 15 CFR 738; 15 CFR 746; 15 CFR 758
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC57
_______________________________________________________________________
546. [bull] COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE ELIGIBLE FOR EXPORT OR
REEXPORT UNDER LICENSE EXCEPTION TSR
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is reviewing the
current limit for use of License Exception TSR for exports and
reexports of technology and software on the Commerce Control List (CCL)
of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) under Export
Classification Control Numbers (ECCNs) 4D001 and 4E001. These ECCNs
control technology and software that can be used for the development,
production, or use of computers. The goal of this notice is to collect
information from industry that will assist BIS in evaluating whether
the current TSR eligibility level of 33,000 Millions of Theoretical
Operations per Second (MTOPS) for exports and reexports to most
countries should be adjusted, taking into consideration the control
level for the export of computer equipment and the control policies of
other member countries of the Wassenaar Arrangement.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 06/10/02 67 FR 39675
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Industry and Security, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
[[Page 74390]]
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC63
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Completed Actions
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
_______________________________________________________________________
547. REVISIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS; COUNTRY GROUP
E:1; LICENSE EXCEPTION TMP
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 08/10/01 66 FR 42108
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AB76
_______________________________________________________________________
548. REVISIONS TO THE NORTH KOREAN EMBARGO POLICY
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 06/19/00 65 FR 38148
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC10
_______________________________________________________________________
549. EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, MEDICINES AND MEDICAL DEVICES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 07/12/01 66 FR 36676
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC37
_______________________________________________________________________
550. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT LIST OF DUAL-USE ITEMS
REVISIONS: COMPUTERS; AND REVISIONS TO LICENSE EXCEPTION CTP
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 743; 15 CFR 774; 15 CFR
748
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 03/08/02 67 FR 10611
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC42
_______________________________________________________________________
551. LICENSING JURISDICTION FOR ``SPACE QUALIFIED'' ITEMS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 774
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 09/23/02 67 FR 59721
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC49
_______________________________________________________________________
552. MISSILE TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES
Priority: Routine and Frequent
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 09/18/02 67 FR 58691
Final Action Effective 09/18/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Matthew Blaskovich
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: mblaskov@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC51
_______________________________________________________________________
553. REVISIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
REGULATIONS--NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION CONTROLS: NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 738; 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 744; 15 CFR
772; 15 CFR 774
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 08/29/02 67 FR 55593
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Willard Fisher
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AC52
_______________________________________________________________________
554. CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
REGULATIONS: CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY, AND POLAND
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 738; 15 CFR 742
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 03/18/02 67 FR 11896
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman
[[Page 74391]]
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC53
_______________________________________________________________________
555. REVISIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS AS A RESULT OF
THE SEPTEMBER 2001 MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) PLENARY
MEETING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 05/20/02 67 FR 35428
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC55
_______________________________________________________________________
556. REVISIONS TO LICENSE EXCEPTION CTP: IMPLEMENTATION OF PRESIDENTIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT OF JANUARY 2, 2002
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 734; 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 742
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 03/08/02 67 FR 10608
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC56
_______________________________________________________________________
557. REVISION TO EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS: DENIED PERSONS LIST
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 732; 15 CFR 736; 15 CFR 752; 15 CFR 758; 15 CFR
764; ...
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 08/27/02 67 FR 54592
Final Action Effective 08/27/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William Arvin
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: warvin@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC58
_______________________________________________________________________
558. LICENSE EXCEPTION CIV ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN ``MICROPROCESSORS''
CONTROLLED BY ECCN 3A001
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 03/21/02 67 FR 13091
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC59
_______________________________________________________________________
559. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT LIST OF DUAL-USE ITEMS
AND OTHER REVISIONS TO ENCRYPTION ITEMS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 732; 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 748; 15 CFR
770; ...
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 06/06/02 67 FR 38855
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Willard Fisher
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AC61
_______________________________________________________________________
560. REVISIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
REGULATIONS--CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONTROLS: AUSTRALIA GROUP;
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 736; 15 CFR 738; 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR
745; ...
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 05/31/02 67 FR 37977
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Willard Fisher
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AC62
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Completed Actions
National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
_______________________________________________________________________
561. [bull] ESTABLISHMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY VALIDATION
PROGRAMS FEES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 104-106 section 5131; PL 100-235; 15 USC 273; 15
USC 275a; ...
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NIST issued a final rule to adopt a fee schedule for some of
its Information Technology Security Validation Programs. Prior to the
notice, NIST did not charge fees for these programs, but demand for the
services increased 1800 percent since 1996 in some cases, which
resulted in significantly increased expense to NIST for each program.
The fees will allow NIST to continue and expand the Information
Technology Security Validation Programs.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 06/18/02 67 FR 41399
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
[[Page 74392]]
Agency Contact: Ray Snouffer, Department of Commerce, National
Institute of Standards & Technology, Stop 8930, Computer Security
Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930
Phone: 301 975-4436
Email: ray.snouffer@nist.gov
RIN: 0693-AB51
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Prerule Stage
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
_______________________________________________________________________
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
____________________________________________________
562. [bull] FLEET CAPACITY CONTROL FOR U.S. TUNA PURSE SEINE FISHERIES
IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 951 to 961; 16 USC 971 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will implement a tuna fishery management
recommendation of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC),
of which the United States is a party. The rule will establish
procedures by which the United States will limit tuna purse seine fleet
capacity consistent with the limits in the IATTC recommendation, which
has been approved by the Department of State pursuant to the Tuna
Conventions Act. Fleet capacity is necessary to prevent
overcapitalization and achieve sustainable tuna fisheries in the
eastern Pacific Ocean. Excessive fleet capacity threatens the ability
of the IATTC and its member states to take effective action to control
overall fishing mortality and maintain healthy stocks that will support
economically viable fisheries, including U.S. tuna fisheries in the
region.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 11/00/02
ANPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
NPRM 03/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Svein Fougner, Assistant Regional Administrator for
Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Southwest Region, 501 W. Ocean Boulevard,
Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone: 562 980-4040
RIN: 0648-AQ21
_______________________________________________________________________
563. [bull] FLEET CAPACITY CONTROL FOR U.S. TROLL ALBACORE TUNA FISHING
IN CANADIAN WATERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will implement limits on albacore tuna fishing by
vessels of the United States in Canadian waters pursuant to the U.S.-
Canada Albacore Fishing Treaty. In accordance with recent amendments to
that Treaty, the United States is obliged to ensure that U.S. vessels
do not fish for more than a set number of days each year 2003-2005.
This will require methods to monitor fishing effort and notify U.S.
vessel owners/operators of the date on which further U.S. fishing must
cease. In turn, U.S. vessel operators/owners will be required to
furnish reports of entry to and exit from Canadian waters and to
provide points of contact for notices of closures. In addition, the
Treaty requires that the United States exchange fishery data each year.
The rule will require maintenance and submission of logbooks of fish
catch and fishing effort in Canadian and U.S. waters each year.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 11/00/02
ANPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
NPRM 03/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Svein Fougner, Assistant Regional Administrator for
Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Southwest Region, 501 W. Ocean Boulevard,
Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone: 562 980-4040
RIN: 0648-AQ22
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_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Proposed Rule Stage
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
_______________________________________________________________________
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
____________________________________________________
564. AMENDMENT 4 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE REEF FISH
FISHERY OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: Amendment 4 would restrict the use of gillnets, fish traps,
and other gear in the reef fish fishery in the Caribbean exclusive
economic zone. Amendment 4 would address the possible need for
permitting in the fish trap fishery.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers, Acting Regional Administrator, Southeast
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 9721 Executive
Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AG87
_______________________________________________________________________
565. ESTABLISH CENTRAL REGISTRY FOR LIMITED ACCESS SYSTEM PERMITS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will establish a central registry for limited
access system permits as required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act section 305(h).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 05/07/97 62 FR 24897
ANPRM Comment Period End 08/05/97
NPRM 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Charles L. Cooper, Program Leader, Department of
Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2396
Email: charles.cooper@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AJ77
_______________________________________________________________________
566. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO REQUIRE MANDATORY OBSERVER COVERAGE IN THE
AT-SEA PROCESSING SECTOR OF THE WHITING FISHERY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: Regulations would require observer coverage on vessels in the
at-sea processing sector of the whiting fishery.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Donna Darm, Acting Regional Administrator, Northwest
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, BIN C15700, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 1,
Seattle, WA 48115-0070
Phone: 206 526-6150
RIN: 0648-AK26
_______________________________________________________________________
567. ADJUSTMENT OF MANAGEMENT PROGRAM: BOTTOMFISH FISHERIES IN THE
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: This regulatory action would establish eligibility criteria
for new entry into the NWHIs Mau Zone limited access system
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Dr. Charles Karnella, Administrator, Pacific Islands
Area Office, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI
96814-4700
Phone: 808 973-2937
RIN: 0648-AK82
_______________________________________________________________________
568. REVISE EXEMPTED FISHING REGULATIONS TO SPECIFY COMPENSATORY FISHING
UNDER EXEMPTED FISHING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would revise current exempted fishing regulations
to specifically authorize the use of an exempted fishing permit as the
method of allowing the compensation of private vessels for their
conduct of resource assessment. Specific methodology for vessel
compensation would be developed on a fishery-by-fishery basis. The rule
would also make other minor changes in the regulations.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: John Dunnigan, Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2334
Email: john.dunnigan@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AK84
_______________________________________________________________________
569. AMENDMENT 11 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE CRUSTACEAN
FISHERIES OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: Amendment 11 to the Western Pacific Remote Crustaceans
Fishery Management Plan would add the exclusive economic zone waters
off the U.S. Pacific Island Areas and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands as crustaceans management areas.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Dr. Charles Karnella, Administrator, Pacific Islands
Area Office, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI
96814-4700
Phone: 808 973-2937
RIN: 0648-AL67
_______________________________________________________________________
570. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO REINSTATE 6000 POUND TRIP LIMIT OF HALIBUT
IN AREA NORTHEAST OF THE BERING SEA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: This regulatory amendment would reinstate a 6000 pound
halibut trip limit in the halibut management area northeast of the
Bering Sea.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AL97
_______________________________________________________________________
571. ENHANCED MEASURES TO MITIGATE SEABIRD BYCATCH IN THE ALASKA
LONGLINE FISHERIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, One year from approval of overfishing
definitions. Final regulations to be published within 30 days of end of
NPRM comment period.
Abstract: This regulatory amendment would enhance measures designed to
mitigate seabird bycatch in the longline fisheries off Alaska.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AM30
_______________________________________________________________________
572. AMENDMENT 7 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE BOTTOMFISH
FISHERIES OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: Amendment 7 would facilitate and enable adjustments to
management measures for the bottomfish fisheries in Guam and American
Samoa. Possible regulatory changes include closed areas, gear
restrictions, seasons, permit and notification/reporting requirements,
etc.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Dr. Charles Karnella, Administrator, Pacific Islands
Area Office, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI
96814-4700
Phone: 808 973-2937
RIN: 0648-AM98
_______________________________________________________________________
573. AMENDMENT 18 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE REEF FISH
RESOURCES OF THE GULF OF MEXICO
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: Amendment 18 would address the need for improved
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conservation of grouper stocks in the Gulf of Mexico by establishing
additional closed seasons and areas.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers, Acting Regional Administrator, Southeast
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 9721 Executive
Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AN09
_______________________________________________________________________
574. AMENDMENT 13 TO THE SUMMER FLOUNDER, SCUP, AND BLACK SEA BASS
FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: Amendment 13 is being developed to bring the disapproved
Essential Fish Habitat portions of Amendment 12 into compliance with
the Sustainable Fisheries Act and revise management of black sea bass.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State, Federal
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AN12
_______________________________________________________________________
575. AMENDMENT 10 TO THE ATLANTIC SEA SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: Amendment 10 would implement a management strategy that would
incorporate rotational closed areas for rebuilding the sea scallop
resource and address essential fish habitat issues. This action may
replace or modify the current DAS reduction schedule.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 03/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 04/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AN16
_______________________________________________________________________
576. AMENDMENT 13 TO THE NORTHEAST MULTISPECIES FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: This action would amend the FMP to address the Magnuson-
Stevens Act requirement to implement a stock rebuilding program for all
of the regulated multispecies. Management measures may include a days-
at-sea reduction, gear reductions and area management.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 06/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AN17
_______________________________________________________________________
577. AMENDMENT 9 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE
PELAGIC FISHERIES OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: This amendment would prevent or mitigate and conserve,
manage, and allow full utilization of sharks.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 01/00/03
Final Action 02/00/03
Final Action Effective 03/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Dr. Charles Karnella, Administrator, Pacific Islands
Area Office, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI
96814-4700
Phone: 808 973-2937
RIN: 0648-AN76
_______________________________________________________________________
578. RESUBMISSION OF SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES ACT AMENDMENT CRUSTACEANS,
BOTTOMFISH, AND PELAGICS REGARDING OVERFISHING DEFINITIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
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CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would bring these FMPs into compliance with the
Sustainable Fisheries Act regarding previously disapproved overfishing
definitions and bycatch provisions and fishing community definitions
(0648-AP54, 0648-AP55).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 01/00/03
Final Action 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Dr. Charles Karnella, Administrator, Pacific Islands
Area Office, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI
96814-4700
Phone: 808 973-2937
Related RIN: Related To 0648-AP54, Related To 0648-AP55
RIN: 0648-AN79
_______________________________________________________________________
579. REGULATORY AMENDMENT MODIFYING THE GULF OF MEXICO BRD PROTOCOL
UNDER THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE SHRIMP FISHERY OF THE GULF OF
MEXICO (FMP)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: In accordance with the FMP's framework procedure for
regulatory adjustments, the Gulf Council requested that NMFS develop
alternative data collection procedures and statistical tests to certify
bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) for use in the shrimp fishery of the
Gulf of Mexico. The regulation would provide additional flexibility in
sampling procedures to facilitate BRDs meeting the testing/certifying
protocol's requirements while maintaining the scientific and
statistical credibility in achieving the FMP's established bycatch
reduction criterion for certified BRDs.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers, Acting Regional Administrator, Southeast
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 9721 Executive
Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AN84
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580. FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN (FMP) FOR SARGASSUM HABITAT OF THE SOUTH
ATLANTIC
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: Sargassum habitat is defined as essential fish habitat for
several managed fish stocks in the South Atlantic region under the
provisions of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council's fishery
management plans. To further conserve and manage Sargassum habitat, the
Council's proposed new FMP would restrict the commercial harvest of
Sargassum to avoid further expansion of the current limited fishery and
to reduce the potential for habitat loss.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 02/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 03/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers, Acting Regional Administrator, Southeast
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 9721 Executive
Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AN87
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581. FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR NORTHEAST SKATE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of the end of the NPRM comment period.
Abstract: This action would establish a fishery management plan for the
seven species of skates found in the Northeast. Management measures
would be established to end overfishing on two of the seven species of
skate and to provide basic protection for the remaining five species.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 03/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 04/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AO10
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582. AMENDMENT 5 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR PRECIOUS CORAL
FISHERIES IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: Amendment 5 would facilitate and enable adjustments to
management measures for the precious coral fisheries in the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Possible
regulatory changes could include inclusion of the EEZ around CNMI,
within the management area of the FMP, as well as permit and
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reporting requirements for harvesters in this area.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Dr. Charles Karnella, Administrator, Pacific Islands
Area Office, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI
96814-4700
Phone: 808 973-2937
RIN: 0648-AO47
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583. FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE DOLPHIN AND WAHOO FISHERY OF THE
ATLANTIC, CARIBBEAN, AND GULF OF MEXICO (FMP)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of the end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: This new FMP, as prepared jointly by the South Atlantic, Gulf
of Mexico, and Caribbean Fishery Management Councils, is to provide a
comprehensive management program for dolphin and wahoo in the Atlantic
Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean exclusive economic zone.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 01/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers, Acting Regional Administrator, Southeast
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 9721 Executive
Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AO63
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584. ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES FISHERIES; ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA
INCIDENTAL CATCH
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 971 et seq; 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS is considering rulemaking on modifications to the target
catch requirements for the incidental longline fishery for Atlantic
bluefin tuna (BFT). NMFS requests comments on possible changes to
Atlantic tuna regulations prior to drafting proposed changes to those
regulations.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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ANPRM 11/17/00 65 FR 69492
ANPRM Comment Period End 12/14/00
Comment Period Extended 01/16/01
NPRM 05/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 06/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Chris Rogers, Chief for Highly Migratory Species,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Room 13563, Bldg. SSMC3, Stop F/SF1, Office of
Sustainable Fisheries, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2347
Fax: 301 713-1917
RIN: 0648-AO75
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585. ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES; EXEMPTED FISHING PERMITS
PROCEDURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 971 et seq; 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS amends procedures for issuing exempted fishing permits
for fishing activities that are otherwise prohibited, and for
scientific research permits.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John Dunnigan, Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2334
Email: john.dunnigan@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AO79
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586. REGULATORY AMENDMENT UNDER THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR GULF OF
MEXICO REEF FISH (FMP) TO ESTABLISH A RED SNAPPER STOCK REBUILDING PLAN
AND TO SET RED SNAPPER OVERFISHING TARGETS AND THRESHOLDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: This regulatory amendment under the FMP's framework procedure
would establish a revised red snapper stock rebuilding plan and red
snapper overfishing targets and thresholds, all intended to meet
requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act as amended by the Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 02/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
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Agency Contact: Joseph Powers, Acting Regional Administrator, Southeast
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 9721 Executive
Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AP02
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587. AMENDMENT 13 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE SNAPPER-GROUPER
FISHERY OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: Amendment 13 will revise permit transfers, revise maximum
sustainable yield (MSY) and overfishing definitions, revise snowy
grouper and golden tilefish management measures, and include a formal
section 7 analysis on the interaction of gear (with an emphasis on
black sea bass traps) with endangered and threatened species.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers, Acting Regional Administrator, Southeast
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 9721 Executive
Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AP03
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588. REVISION OF AMERICAN LOBSTER REGULATIONS FOR THE EEZ
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 5101 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 697
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In accordance with the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative
Management Act (Act), 16 U.S.C. et seq., NMFS announces that it is
considering, and seeking public comment on, revisions to Federal
American lobster regulations for the Exclusive Economic Zone in
response to recommendations from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission to NMFS in Addenda II and III to Amendment 3 to the
Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster (ISFMP). This
ANPR/NOI proposes to develop regulations relative to Addendum III to
the ISFMP, and combine those with Addendum II (ANPR and NOI published
May and September of 2001, respectively) into a single environmental
impact statement. Addendum II management measures would include minimum
gauge size increases in five of the seven Lobster Conservation
Management Areas (LCMA), lobster trap gear modifications, a 4-year
lobster trap reduction schedule for LCMA 3, and a logbook requirement
for LCMA 3 lobster vessels. Addendum III would further modify Addendum
II's gauge increase schedule and include new management measures for
the majority of the LCMAs.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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ANPRM 05/24/01 66 FR 28726
ANPRM Comment Period End 06/25/01
ANPRM 09/05/02 67 FR 56800
ANPRM Comment Period End 10/07/02
NPRM 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State, Local
Agency Contact: Thomas Meyer, Fisheries Biologist, Office of
Intergovernmental/Recreational Fisheries, Department of Commerce,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Suite 425, 8484
Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 427-2014
RIN: 0648-AP18
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589. FISHING CAPACITY REDUCTION PROGRAM FOR THE CRAB SPECIES COVERED BY
THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE BERING SEA/ALEUTIAN ISLANDS KING AND
TANNER CRABS
Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1861a; 46 USC 1279f; PL 106-554
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, May 1, 2001, Publish Final
Regulations.
Other, Statutory, December 31, 2001, Complete Fishing Capacity
Reduction Program.
Abstract: This action establishes a fishing capacity reduction program
in the fishery for the crab species covered by the Fishery Management
Plan for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs. The
crab reduction program makes payments for revoking crab licenses in,
and withdrawing fishing vessels from, the crab fishery. Reducing the
number of crab licenses and vessels in the crab fishery increases post-
reduction harvesting productivity, helps conserve and manage the crab
resources, and fosters the potential for rationalizing crab fishery
harvesting effort. The regulations add a new section 600.1018 to the
fishing capacity reduction framework regulations contained in subpart L
to 50 CFR part 600.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Michael L. Grable, Chief, Financial Services Division,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2390
Email: michael.grable@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AP25
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590. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO IMPLEMENT PERMIT STACKING IN THE LIMITED-
ENTRY FIXED-GEAR SABLEFISH FISHERY IN 2002 AND BEYOND
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, Final rule must be published 30 days
after end of comment period on the proposed rule.
Abstract: This regulatory amendment would implement the following
Amendment 14 provisions: permit owners will be required to provide
detailed ownership information to ensure that no person has ownership
interest in or holds more than 3 permits; current permit owners who
were not permit owners before November 1, 2000, will be required to be
on board the vessel fishing against the sablefish cumulative limits
associated with that vessel's permit(s); vessels landing sablefish
against their primary season limits will be required to contact
enforcement officials before making sablefish landings; vessel owners
wishing to freeze sablefish at sea will be required to provide proof of
a history of freezing sablefish at sea in the years 1998, 1999, or
2000.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: D. Robert Lohn, Regional Administrator, Northwest
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 1, Seattle, WA 48115-
0070
Phone: 206 526-6150
Fax: 206 526-6426
RIN: 0648-AP38
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591. IMPLEMENTATION OF FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR HIGHLY MIGRATORY
SPECIES FISHERIES OFF THE WEST COAST
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would implement the Fishery Management Plan (FMP)
for Highly Migratory Species Fisheries off the West Coast. The FMP is
currently under development by the Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Council) under the terms of the Magnuson-Stevens Act and other
applicable law. The FMP will both establish a process for implementing
regulations as deemed necessary in the future and provide a basis for
initial regulation of selected fishery sectors (e.g., drift gillnet and
longline) to ensure conservation of the fish stocks involved and
protection of species of special concern such as sea turtles and
seabirds. The FMP will include substantial environmental and economic
analyses consistent with the requirements of the National Environmental
Policy Act, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and Executive Order 12296
and other laws and orders. Steps for reviewing and implementing
approved elements of the FMP are set forth in the Magnuson-Stevens Act
and include provisions for publication of proposed and final rules
within certain time periods.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 03/00/03
Final Action 04/00/03
Final Action Effective 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Svein Fougner, Assistant Regional Administrator for
Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Southwest Region, 501 W. Ocean Boulevard,
Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone: 562 980-4040
RIN: 0648-AP42
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592. REGULATORY AMENDMENT UNDER THE COASTAL MIGRATORY PELAGICS FISHERY
MANAGEMENT PLAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 622
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: In accordance with the FMP's framework procedure for
regulatory adjustments, this action would establish biomass-based stock
status criteria such as maximum-sustainable yield (MSY), optimum yield
(OY), and definitions of overfishing and overfished using default
control rules as required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers, Acting Regional Administrator, Southeast
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 9721 Executive
Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AP50
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593. AMENDMENT 2 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE QUEEN CONCH
RESOURCES OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: Amendment 2 would prohibit possession and harvest of queen
conch in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the U.S. Caribbean. The
queen conch resource is overfished and needs to be rebuilt to a healthy
level consistent with requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/03
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NPRM Comment Period End 07/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers, Acting Regional Administrator, Southeast
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 9721 Executive
Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AP51
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594. ADJUSTMENT OF MANAGEMENT PROGRAM: BOTTOMFISH FISHERIES IN THE
WESTERN PACIFIC
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, January 2003.
Abstract: This regulatory action would facilitate and enable
adjustments to management measures for the bottomfish fisheries in the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 01/00/03
Final Action 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Dr. Charles Karnella, Administrator, Pacific Islands
Area Office, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI
96814-4700
Phone: 808 973-2937
RIN: 0648-AP53
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595. RESUBMISSION OF SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES ACT AMENDMENT BOTTOMFISH,
CRUSTACEAN, AND PELAGICS REGARDING BYCATCH PROVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would bring these FMPs into compliance with the
Sustainable Fisheries Act regarding previously disapproved bycatch
provisions.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Dr. Charles Karnella, Administrator, Pacific Islands
Area Office, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI
96814-4700
Phone: 808 973-2937
RIN: 0648-AP54
_______________________________________________________________________
596. RESUBMISSION OF SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES ACT AMENDMENT BOTTOMFISH,
CRUSTACEANS, AND PELAGICS, AND PRECIOUS CORALS REGARDING FISHING
COMMUNITIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would bring these FMPs into compliance with the
Sustainable Fisheries Act regarding previously disapproved
categorization of the State of Hawaii as a fishing community.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Dr. Charles Karnella, Administrator, Pacific Islands
Area Office, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI
96814-4700
Phone: 808 973-2937
RIN: 0648-AP55
_______________________________________________________________________
597. ATLANTIC SURF CLAM AND OCEAN QUAHOG FISHERIES; AMENDMENT 13
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of the end of the NPRM comment period.
Abstract: Amendment 13 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic
Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries would describe gear impacts on
essential fish habitat, revise the surf clam overfishing definition,
establish multi-year quotas, and add/revise other measures.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AP57
_______________________________________________________________________
598. ATLANTIC MACKEREL, SQUID, AND BUTTERFISH FISHERIES; AMENDMENT 9
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of the end of the NPRM comment period.
Abstract: Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic
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Mackerel, Squid and Butterfish Fisheries would establish a controlled
access program for mackerel, address essential fish habitat, and revise
the Illex quota procedures.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 07/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AP60
_______________________________________________________________________
599. IMPLEMENT A VESSEL MONITORING SYSTEM UNDER THE SOUTH PACIFIC TUNA
ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking will implement an electronic vessel
monitoring system under the South Pacific Tuna Act. The system is
satellite-based with individual U.S. purse seine vessels providing
automatic location information to the Forum Fisheries Agency located in
Honiara, Solomon Islands. This rule will require that all U.S. purse
seine vessels operating within the South Pacific Tuna Treaty Area shall
participate and shall install and operate a transponder of the type and
in such a manner as agreed upon by the parties to the ``Treaty on
Fisheries between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and
the Government of the United States of America'' (implemented as the
South Pacific Tuna Act).
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Dr. Charles Karnella, Administrator, Pacific Islands
Area Office, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI
96814-4700
Phone: 808 973-2937
RIN: 0648-AP61
_______________________________________________________________________
600. REVISE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION AND
ALLOCATION REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will revise regulations governing the process
under which a portion of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands quotas for
groundfish, prohibited species, crab, and halibut are allocated to
groups representing Western Alaska communities eligible for the
Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program. The action also will revise
administrative regulations for the economic development aspects of the
CDQ Program.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions,
Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State, Federal
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AP67
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601. FULL RETENTION OF DEMERSAL SHELF ROCKFISH IN GULF OF ALASKA AREA
650
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would require full retention of demersal shelf
rockfish (DSR) in the hook-and-line fisheries in the GOA, Regulatory
Area 650. If approved, this rule would eliminate the maximum retainable
bycatch limit for DSR and require that all DSR caught by federally
permitted vessels using fixed gear in the SEO be retained, landed,
weighed and reported. The amount of DSR that could be sold would be
limited to an amount no more than 10 percent of other retained catch.
With respect to DSR in excess of that 10 percent limit, fishermen would
be allowed to voluntarily surrender the fish to the State of Alaska,
retain it for personal use, donate it to a State-recognized charity,
use it for bait, or any combination of the above.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AP73
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602. ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES VESSEL MONITORING SYSTEM AND
CATCH DOCUMENTATION SCHEME
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 2341 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would lengthen the duration of the permit required
to enter a Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
Resources (CCAMLR) Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP) site from one
year to five years. The rule would define the CCAMLR fishing season and
require the use of an automated satellite-linked
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vessel monitoring system (VMS) for U.S. vessels harvesting Antarctic
marine living resources (AMLR) in the area of the Convention on the
Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (Convention). The
rule would also require a non-resident consignee to designate a
resident agent; prohibit the importation of Dissostichus species
declared as harvested in certain high seas areas outside the Convention
area; prohibit the import of Dissostichus species issued a Specially
Validated Dissostichus Catch Document (SVDCD); provide guidance on the
disposition of AMLR seized by law enforcement personnel; and propose
regulations to modify requirements for U.S. receivers and importers of
Dissostichus species harvested in all waters, including those under the
jurisdiction of CCAMLR. This rule is intended to implement U.S.
obligations as a member of CCAMLR and to conserve Antarctic and
Patagonian toothfish by preventing and discouraging unlawful harvest
and trade in these species.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Final Action 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Dean Swanson, Chief, International Fisheries Division,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2276
Email: dean.swanson@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AP74
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603. AMENDMENT 10 TO THE COASTAL PELAGIC SPECIES FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Amendment 10 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery
Management Plan, would (1) establish a capacity goal for the limited
entry fishery (LE), provide for LE permit transferability to achieve
and maintain the capacity, and establish a process for considering new
LE permits; and (2) establish a maximum sustainable yield (or proxy)
for market squid that will address the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Management Act requirement that ``Conservation and management measures
shall prevent overfishing while achieving, on a continuing basis, the
optimum yield from each fishery in the United States fishing
industry.''
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Svein Fougner, Assistant Regional Administrator for
Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Southwest Region, 501 W. Ocean Boulevard,
Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone: 562 980-4040
RIN: 0648-AP87
_______________________________________________________________________
604. [bull] IFQ RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CATCHER
VESSELS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking will revise the submittal time limit for the
individual fishing quotas (IFQ) prior notice of landing; will combine
the IFQ shipment report into the groundfish product transfer report;
will remove the vessel clearance requirement; will remove authorized
IFQ ports of landing from Table 14; and will revise the IFQ departure
report.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AP92
_______________________________________________________________________
605. [bull] AMENDMENT TO FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR REEF FISH RESOURCES
OF GULF OF MEXICO TO SET 10-YEAR REBUILDING PLAN FOR RED GROUPER
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: In October 2000, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
issued a determination that the Gulf of Mexico red grouper stock is
overfished and undergoing overfishing. This determination was based on
the results of a 1999 red grouper stock assessment. Once a stock is
determined to be overfished the Magnuson-Stevens Act requires the Gulf
of Mexico Fishery Management Council within one year to submit a plan
to NMFS to end overfishing and rebuild the stock to a level capable of
sustaining maximum sustainable yield on a continuing basis. The
proposed rebuilding plan contains alternatives that would implement a
10-year rebuilding plan for red grouper including a recreational and
commercial shallow-water grouper closed season, recreational bag
limits, movement of the commercial longline gear boundary, and a
reduction of the shallow-water grouper quota by an amount consistent
with a 45 percent reduction in commercial red grouper harvest. The
rebuilding plan also contains alternatives for establishing red grouper
sustainable fishing parameters (e.g., maximum sustainable yield,
optimum yield, maximum fishing mortality rate, minimum stock size
threshold).
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
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Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers, Acting Regional Administrator, Southeast
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 9721 Executive
Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AP95
_______________________________________________________________________
606. [bull] 2003 OBSERVER PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory rulemaking would extend through 2007, the
existing regulations for the Interim North Pacific Groundfish Observer
Program (Observer Program) (50 CFR 679.50), which otherwise expire
December 31, 2002. Further, this proposed action would improve
regulations governing the relationship between NMFS and the observer
providers and observers through modifications to existing observer and
observer provider responsibilities, including several new regulations.
It would also ensure that the administrative procedures NMFS uses in
dealing with observer providers and observers are compliant with the
Administrative Procedures Act. This action also would increase the
ability of NMFS to interact effectively with observers, fishermen, and
processing plant employees by granting to NMFS the authority to place
NMFS staff and authorized agents aboard groundfish vessels and at
shoreside and stationary floating processors that require observer
coverage.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AQ05
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607. [bull] REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO SECTION 679 PERMITS OR PERMIT-
RELATED ISSUES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking would revise several sections of regulations
that pertain to permits or permit-related issues by technical edits and
clarifications to existing requirements, removal of obsolete text, and
clarification and simplification of text. In addition, this rulemaking
would combine the registered buyer permit with the Federal processor
permit when a shoreside processor does both IFQ and groundfish. This
would be accomplished by adding an endorsement to the Federal processor
permit.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AQ07
_______________________________________________________________________
608. [bull] 2003 INITIAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR ATLANTIC MACKEREL, SQUID,
AND BUTTERFISH
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The action proposes initial specifications for the 2003
fishing year for Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AQ15
_______________________________________________________________________
609. [bull] PACIFIC COAST GROUNDFISH FISHERY; ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 2003
GROUNDFISH FISHERY SPECIFICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT MEASURES
Priority: Economically Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking will implement the 2003 annual specifications
and management measures for the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 01/00/03
Final Action 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: D. Robert Lohn, Regional Administrator, Northwest
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 1, Seattle, WA 48115-
0070
Phone: 206 526-6150
Fax: 206 526-6426
RIN: 0648-AQ18
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610. [bull] REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO ADJUST PERMIT RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS
AND TRANSFERABILITY RESTRICTIONS IN NWHIS HOOMALU ZONE AND MAU LIMITED
ACCESS PROGRAMS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, February 2003, Final Rule - adjust
permit renewal requirements/transferability restrictions in NWHI
Hoomalu Zone and Mau Limited Access Programs.
Abstract: This measure would remove the annual landings requirement for
permit renewal retroactive to December 4, 2000, which is the date the
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Reserve (NWHI) was established and when
restrictions on fishing in the NWHI became uncertain.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 01/00/03
Final Action 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Dr. Charles Karnella, Administrator, Pacific Islands
Area Office, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI
96814-4700
Phone: 808 973-2937
RIN: 0648-AQ20
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611. [bull] SECRETARIAL AMENDMENT 2 TO REEF FISH FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN
TO SET GREATER AMBERJACK SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES ACT TARGETS AND
THRESHOLDS AND TO SET REBUILDING PLAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, December 2002.
Final, Statutory, January 2003.
Abstract: The greater amberjack resource in the Gulf of Mexico was
declared overfished by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on
February 9, 2001. This determination was based on the 2000 greater
amberjack stock assessment conducted by the NMFS Southeast Fisheries
Science Center (SEFSC) (Turner et al. 2000) and the December 2000
Report of the Reef Fish Stock Assessment Panel (RFSAP) (GMFMC 2000).
The results of several analyses indicated that the stock biomass was
below the level needed to sustain harvest at maximum sustainable yield
(MSY), with the best estimate indicating that the stock biomass was at
less than half the biomass needed to sustain MSY, below the minimum
level allowed under the 1998 NMFS National Standard Guidelines.
Currently, the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) requires that
overfished stocks be restored to a level of 20 percent transitional
spawning potential ratio (SPR) within one and a half generation times.
A generation time is the average time it would take a year class in an
unfished population to replace itself. However, in order to comply with
the requirements of the NMFS National Standard Guidelines (NSG), new
biomass based targets and recovery time frame parameters need to be
implemented. The greater amberjack resource is not considered by NMFS
to be undergoing overfishing at this time due to Council actions taken
in 1997 and 1998 as cited in section 3.0 (1998 is the final year of
data in the stock assessment). Consequently, actions to further reduce
fishing mortality are not needed at this time.
This secretarial amendment proposes no changes to the current fishing
regulations for greater amberjack, but does propose to establish new
biomass based targets and thresholds as well as the establishment of a
ten-year rebuilding plan. These measures would be in compliance with
the provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA), NMFS NSGs, and NMFS
technical guidance on implementing National Standard 1 (Restrepo et al.
1998).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers, Acting Regional Administrator, Southeast
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 9721 Executive
Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AQ24
_______________________________________________________________________
612. [bull] AMENDMENT 2 TO MONKFISH FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Amendment 2 to the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan would
address essential fish habitat and bycatch issues and revise the
management program.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AQ25
_______________________________________________________________________
613. [bull] ANNUAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE ATLANTIC BLUEFISH FISHERY FOR
FISHING YEAR 2003
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would implement the annual specifications for the
Atlantic Bluefish Fishery for fishing year 2003.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AQ26
_______________________________________________________________________
614. [bull] AMENDMENT 1 TO THE ATLANTIC HERRING FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN
(FMP) AND AMENDMENT 2 TO THE ATLANTIC SALMON FMP
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These amendments would address essential fish habitat
conservation measures.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 03/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 04/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AQ27
_______________________________________________________________________
615. [bull] FRAMEWORK 15 TO THE ATLANTIC SEA SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT
PLAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This framework action would implement management measures for
fishing year 2003-2004 in the Atlantic sea scallop fishery.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AQ28
_______________________________________________________________________
616. [bull] FRAMEWORK 2 TO THE MONKFISH FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This framework would amend the overfishing criteria in the
Monkfish Fishery Management Plan and establish measures for fishing
year 2003-2004.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AQ29
_______________________________________________________________________
617. [bull] ANNUAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR FISHING YEAR 2003 FOR THE SUMMER
FLOUNDER, SCUP, AND BLACK SEA BASS FISHERY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would establish annual specifications for the
summer flounder, scup and black sea bass fishery for fishing year 2003.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AQ30
_______________________________________________________________________
618. [bull] ANNUAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE SURF CLAM AND OCEAN QUAHOG
FISHERIES FOR FISHING YEAR 2003
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would implement the annual specifications for the
surf clam and ocean quahog fisheries for fishing year 2003.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AQ31
_______________________________________________________________________
619. [bull] RECREATIONAL MEASURES FOR THE SUMMER FLOUNDER, SCUP, AND
BLACK SEA BASS FISHERY FOR FISHING YEAR 2003
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would implement recreational measures for the
2003
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fishing year for the summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fishery.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 02/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 03/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AQ32
_______________________________________________________________________
620. [bull] SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE ATLANTIC HERRING FISHERY FOR FISHERY
YEAR 2003
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would implement specifications for the 2003
fishing year for the Atlantic herring fishery.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AQ33
_______________________________________________________________________
621. [bull] SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE 2003-2004 FISHING YEAR FOR THE SPINY
DOGFISH FISHERY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would implement specifications for the 2003-2004
fishing year for the spiny dogfish fishery.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AQ34
_______________________________________________________________________
622. [bull] FRAMEWORK 37 TO THE NORTHEAST MULTISPECIES FISHERY
MANAGEMENT PLAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This framework action would establish year-4 measures for the
whiting fishery.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AQ35
_______________________________________________________________________
623. [bull] ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES (HMS); BIGEYE TUNA AND
SWORDFISH TRADE STATISTICAL DOCUMENT PROGRAMS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 971 et seq; 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed rule is to comply with the recommendations of
the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
(ICCAT) to establish statistical document programs for trade of
swordfish and bigeye tuna. This regulation will require all dealers,
who export or import swordfish or bigeye tuna, complete a statistical
document and ensure the document accompanies the shipment. The purpose
of the ICCAT recommendation and this regulation, is to assist in the
conservation of swordfish and bigeye tuna, improve the reliability of
statistical information of catches and to assist ICCAT with the
elimination of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing operations.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Chris Rogers, Chief for Highly Migratory Species,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Room 13563, Bldg. SSMC3, Stop F/SF1, Office of
Sustainable Fisheries, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2347
Fax: 301 713-1917
RIN: 0648-AQ37
_______________________________________________________________________
624. [bull] ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES (HMS); 2003 BLUEFIN TUNA
QUOTA SPECIFICATIONS AND EFFORT CONTROLS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 971 et seq; 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS proposes specifications for the Atlantic bluefin tuna
(BFT) fishery to set BFT quotas and General category effort controls
for the 2003 fishing year. This action will implement the U.S. annual
BFT quota
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as recommended by the International Commission on Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas and allocate that quota among the domestic fishing
categories. Effort controls for the General category will allocate
monthly quotas and set certain restricted fishing days.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 02/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 03/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Chris Rogers, Chief for Highly Migratory Species,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Room 13563, Bldg. SSMC3, Stop F/SF1, Office of
Sustainable Fisheries, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2347
Fax: 301 713-1917
RIN: 0648-AQ38
_______________________________________________________________________
625. [bull] ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES (HMS); SMALL COASTAL SHARK
COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT MEASURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 971 et seq; 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The rule would address small coastal shark commercial and
recreational management measures based on a new stock assessment.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Chris Rogers, Chief for Highly Migratory Species,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Room 13563, Bldg. SSMC3, Stop F/SF1, Office of
Sustainable Fisheries, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2347
Fax: 301 713-1917
RIN: 0648-AQ39
_______________________________________________________________________
626. [bull] ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES (HMS); LARGE COASTAL SHARK
COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT MEASURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 971 et seq; 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The rule would address large coastal shark commercial and
recreational management measures based on a new stock assessment.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Chris Rogers, Chief for Highly Migratory Species,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Room 13563, Bldg. SSMC3, Stop F/SF1, Office of
Sustainable Fisheries, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2347
Fax: 301 713-1917
RIN: 0648-AQ40
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627. [bull] TAKING OF MARINE MAMMALS INCIDENTAL TO COMMERCIAL FISHING
OPERATIONS; ATLANTIC LARGE WHALE TAKE REDUCTION PLAN REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS is amending the regulations that implement the Atlantic
Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, specifically with regard to the
straight set of gillnets in the southeast U.S. Restricted Area in
waters off the coasts of Georgia and Florida. The intent of this
proposed rule is to prohibit straight sets of gillnets at night from
November 15 through March 31, annually to reduce the risk of
entanglement of large whales, including the western North Atlantic
right whale.
This rule was published on March 27, 2002, in the Federal Register
under RIN 0648-AN88.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Lawson, Office of Protected Resources,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2322
Email: patricia.lawson@noaa.gov
Related RIN: Related To 0648-AN88
RIN: 0648-AQ42
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628. [bull] EFH AMENDMENTS TO THE BOTTOMFISH, CRUSTACEANS, AND PRECIOUS
CORALS FMPS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, February 2003, Proposed rule to
implement FMP amendments.
Final, Statutory, May 2003, Final rule to implement FMP amendments.
Abstract: Amendment 8, to the Bottomfish FMP, Amendment 12 to the
Crustaceans FMP, and Amendment 6 to the Precious Corals FMP would
revise the EFH portions of the subject FMPs and include the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Pacific Remote
Island Areas exclusive economic zones under Western Pacific Fishery
Management Council developed management plans.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 02/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 04/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
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Agency Contact: Dr. Charles Karnella, Administrator, Pacific Islands
Area Office, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI
96814-4700
Phone: 808 973-2937
RIN: 0648-AQ43
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629. [bull] INCREASE IN ALLOWABLE PERCENTAGE OF POLLOCK ROE
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 16 USC 773 et seq; 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 3631 et
seq; PL 106-31; PL 105-277
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory amendment would increase from 7 to 9 percent
the percentage of pollock roe that may be retained by operators of
catcher/processors and motherships processing pollock harvested in the
BSAI. This action is necessary because catcher/processors and
motherships have been able to increase their pollock roe recovery rate
since the passage of the American Fisheries Act through cooperative
fishing practices and more precise timing of fishing activity.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 02/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 04/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AQ44
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630. [bull] OPENING WATERS TO PACIFIC COD POT FISHING OFF CAPE BARNABAS
AND CATON ISLAND IN THE GULF OF ALASKA
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would remove restriction on directed fishing for
Pacific cod by federally permitted vessels using pot gear in waters
within 3 nm of Cape Barnabas and Caton Island Steller sea lion haulouts
in the Gulf of Alaska. This action is necessary to provide consistency
between State of Alaska and Federal fishing regulations.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 02/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 03/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AQ45
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631. [bull] SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT OF CLOSURE AREAS TO POLLOCK AND PACIFIC
COD TRAWL FISHING IN WATERS OFF CAPE SARICHEF IN THE BERING SEA SUBAREA
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will seasonally close a portion of waters located
near Cape Sarichef in the Bering Sea subarea to vessels using trawl
gear for directed fishing for pollock and Pacific cod. This action is
necessary to support NMFS-sponsored research on the effect of fishing
on localized abundance of Pacific cod and support a comprehensive
program of Steller sea lion protection measures research.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 02/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 03/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AQ46
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632. AMEND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TAKING AND IMPORTING OF MARINE
MAMMALS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1371(a)(6)
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action implements certain changes in the prohibitions on
importing or exporting marine mammals or marine mammal parts and
products that occurred with the enactment of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act Amendments of 1994 (Pub. L. 104-238). This action
prohibits the export of marine mammals or marine mammal products for
purposes other than public display, scientific research, or enhancing
the survival of a species or stock and establishes three new categories
of exceptions to the prohibition on importing marine mammal parts and
products. This is a noncontroversial action that is not significant as
it will have only minor effects on a small number of people, most of
whom will benefit by the new exceptions.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 07/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 09/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Gene Nitta, Marine Resource Manager, Office of
Protected Resources, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910
Phone: 301 713-2289
RIN: 0648-AH83
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633. PREVENTING HARASSMENT FROM HUMAN ACTIVITIES DIRECTED AT MARINE
MAMMALS IN THE WILD
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq
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CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would prohibit the public from swimming with or
otherwise interacting with dolphins and other marine mammals in the
wild.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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ANPRM 01/30/02 67 FR 4379
ANPRM Comment Period End 04/01/02
NPRM 06/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 08/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Trevor Spradlin, Marine Mammal Biologist, Office of
Protected Resources, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910
Phone: 301 713-2289
Email: trevor.spradlin@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AN43
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634. ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES: PERMIT EXEMPTIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq; 16 USC 742a et seq; 31 USC 9701
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 222
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS is providing exceptions to prohibitions to allow Federal
and State employees to perform conservation activities.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: LaMont Jackson, Fishery Biologist, Department of
Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-1401
Fax: 301 713-0376
Email: terri.jordan@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AO37
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635. CAPTIVE STELLER SEA LIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531-1543; 16 USC 1361 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule is to provide exception to captive Steller sea
lions (those captured before listing) to assist the public display
community in commerce involving these animals.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 07/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Jennifer Lyn Skidmore, Department of Commerce, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Room 13710, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2289
Fax: 301 713-0376
Email: jennifer.skidmore@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AO61
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636. TAKING MARINE MAMMALS INCIDENTAL TO ROCKET LAUNCHES FROM THE KODIAK
LAUNCH COMPLEX, KODIAK ISLAND, ALASKA
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS has received a request from the Alaska Aerospace
Development Corporation (AADC) for a Letter of Authorization (LOA) to
take small numbers of marine mammals incidental to rocket launches from
the Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC), Kodiak Island, Alaska. As a result of
that request, NMFS is proposing regulations that would authorize the
incidental taking of a small number of marine mammals. In order to
issue such regulations, NMFS must determine that these takings will
have a negligible impact on the affected species and stocks of marine
mammals and will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of marine mammal species or stocks for subsistence uses.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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ANPRM 11/05/01 66 FR 55909
ANPRM Comment Period End 12/05/01
NPRM 06/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Kenneth Hollingshead, Fishery Biologist, Department of
Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of
Protected Resources, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13600, Silver Spring,
MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2322
Fax: 301 713-0376
Email: ken.hollingshead@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AP62
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637. [bull] DESIGNATING THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC SOUTHERN RESIDENT
STOCK OF KILLER WHALES AS DEPLETED
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1383b
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS anticipates promulgating regulations to designate the
Eastern North Pacific, Southern Resident stock of killer whales as
depleted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 06/28/02 67 FR 43586
ANPRM Comment Period End 08/30/02
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Thomas C. Eagle, Fishery Biologist, Department of
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Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Room 13725,
Office of Protected Resources, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,
MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2055
Fax: 301 713-4060
Email: tom.eagle@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AQ00
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638. [bull] TAKING OF MARINE MAMMALS INCIDENTAL TO COMMERCIAL FISHING
OPERATIONS; ATLANTIC LARGE WHALE TAKE REDUCTION PLAN REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 229
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed regulatory action is related to RIN 0648-AN88,
a final rule which amended the regulations that implement the Atlantic
Large Whale Take Reduction Plan and established a Dynamic Area
Management (DAM) program. This proposed regulatory action involves the
identification of acceptable fishing practices and gear which could be
used under the DAM program.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Mary A. Colligan, Assistant Regional Admisistrator,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS/Protected Resources, Protected Resources Division,
One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9116
Fax: 978 281-9394
Related RIN: Related To 0648-AN88
RIN: 0648-AQ04
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NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE/OFFICE OF OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
____________________________________________________
639. REVISION OF OVERFLIGHT REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1431 et seq
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 922
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These regulations are being revised to clarify that they are
for resource protection purposes.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Debra Malek, National Marine Sanctuary Program,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, N ORM 6, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910
Phone: 301 713-3125
RIN: 0648-AI91
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640. [bull] GRAY'S REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1434; 16 USC 1439
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 922.90 to 922.92
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will amend regulations and designation document
for the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary to clarify that the
sanctuary boundary includes submerged lands; revise regulations on
placing structures on the seabed, fishing, anchoring, discharges, and
cultural resources; and revise procedure for issuing sanctuary permits.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Reed Bohne, Manager, Gray's Reef National Marine
Sanctuary, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 10 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411
Phone: 912 598-2345
Fax: 912 598-2367
Email: reed.bohne@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AQ41
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Final Rule Stage
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
_______________________________________________________________________
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
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641. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO ALLOCATE PACIFIC HALIBUT TO THE CHARTER
BOAT FLEET
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 773c
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: This action establishes measures to manage the halibut
charter boat industry off Alaska.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/28/02 67 FR 3867
NPRM Comment Period End 02/27/02
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AK17
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642. PROPOSED HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES PROCESS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 971 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS proposes to revise the administrative procedures it
follows to prepare and issue highly migratory species (HMS) fishery
management plans (FMPs), FMP amendments and implementing regulations
for the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea in response to
recent amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management Act.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/18/97 62 FR 48990
NPRM Comment Period End 10/15/97
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John Dunnigan, Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2334
Email: john.dunnigan@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AK40
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643. COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENT ADDRESSING SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES ACT
REQUIREMENTS REGARDING OVERFISHING, BYCATCH, FISHING COMMUNITIES AND
PROVISIONS FOR FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR THE CARIBBEAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: NMFS proposes regulations to implement those provisions of
the Comprehensive Amendment Addressing Sustainable Fishery Act (SFA)
Definitions and other Required Provision of the Magnuson-Stevens Act in
the FMP of the U.S. Caribbean (Comprehensive SFA Amendment) that would
modify and/or add framework procedures to the FMPs for reef fish,
corals and reef associated plants and invertebrates, queen conch, and
spiny lobster. These FMP framework modifications/additions would allow
timely modification/addition of required stock parameters and
management measures related to preventing overfishing and rebuilding
overfished stocks. The intended effect is to provide a more efficient
mechanism for implementation of improved estimates of stock parameters
and necessary management measures as better information becomes
available.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 05/01/02 67 FR 21598
Final Action 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: Under 16 USC 1853 note, each Regional Fishery
Management Council must submit to NMFS amendments to its fishery
management plans and any associated proposed regulations bringing them
into compliance with the Sustainable Fisheries Act (P.L. 104-297).
Final regulations to be published within 30 days of NPRM comment
period.
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers, Acting Regional Administrator, Southeast
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 9721 Executive
Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AL86
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644. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE
NORTH PACIFIC OBSERVER PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: This would change the regulations implementing the North
Pacific Observer program, including authority to place NMFS personnel
onboard fish or processing vessels, revised requirements for shoreside
accommodations for observers, and revisions to observer coverage
levels.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/02/02 67 FR 15517
NPRM Comment Period End 05/01/02
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AM44
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645. FRAMEWORK REGULATORY AMENDMENT FOR THE ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY
SPECIES (HMS); FISHING VESSEL PERMITS; CHARTER BOAT OPERATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 971 et seq; 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This framework regulatory amendment to the HMS FMP will
adjust gear/permitting/reporting requirements.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/26/02 67 FR 20716
NPRM Comment Period End 05/23/02
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: Correction to comment period end date, changing
from 05/28/02 to 05/23/02, was published in the Federal Register 05/02/
02, 67 FR 22165.
Agency Contact: Chris Rogers, Chief for Highly Migratory Species,
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Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Room 13563, Bldg. SSMC3, Stop F/SF1, Office of
Sustainable Fisheries, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2347
Fax: 301 713-1917
RIN: 0648-AM91
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646. IMPLEMENTATION OF WESTERN PACIFIC CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM FISHERY
MANAGEMENT PLAN (FMP)
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: This action would implement the Western Pacific Coral Reef
Ecosystem FMP. Possible initial management measures include permit and
reporting requirements, framework procedures, gear restrictions,
harvest limits/restrictions, marine protected areas, no anchoring
zones, etc.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/24/02 67 FR 59824
NPRM Comment Period End 10/24/02
Final Action 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Dr. Charles Karnella, Administrator, Pacific Islands
Area Office, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI
96814-4700
Phone: 808 973-2937
RIN: 0648-AM97
_______________________________________________________________________
647. ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES FISHERIES; MONITORING OF THE
ATLANTIC BILLFISH AND SWORDFISH RECREATIONAL FISHERIES
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 971 et seq; 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic
Tuna recommended that the United States limit annual recreational
landings of Atlantic blue marlin and white marlin to 250 marlin,
combined, for 2001 and 2002. NMFS may consider an adjustment of the
minimum size, as well as management measure to enhance reporting of
non-tournament landings to comply with the ICCAT framework provisions
of Amendment 1 to the Atlantic Billfish Fishery Management Plan.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 08/09/00 65 FR 48671
ANPRM Comment Period End 09/25/00
NPRM 12/26/01 66 FR 66386
NPRM Comment Period End 02/25/02
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Chris Rogers, Chief for Highly Migratory Species,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Room 13563, Bldg. SSMC3, Stop F/SF1, Office of
Sustainable Fisheries, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2347
Fax: 301 713-1917
RIN: 0648-AN06
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648. AMENDMENT 7 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE STONE CRAB
FISHERY OF THE GULF OF MEXICO
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 654
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: Amendment 7 would adopt the relevant provisions of Florida's
approved limited entry trap reduction program for the stone crab
fishery and apply them to vessels fishing in the exclusive economic
zone off Florida's west coast.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Notice 04/18/02 67 FR 19155
NPRM 06/25/02 67 FR 42744
NPRM Comment Period End 08/09/02
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers, Acting Regional Administrator, Southeast
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 9721 Executive
Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AN10
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649. AMENDMENTS 61/61 FOR BSAI AND GOA GROUNDFISH; AMENDMENT 13 FOR
COMMERCIAL KING AND TANNER CRAB; AND AMENDMENT 8 FOR ALASKA SCALLOP
FISHERY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, American Fisheries Act requires
regulatory implementation prior to January 2000.
Abstract: This rule would implement: (1) permitting requirements for
AFA pollock catcher vessels, catcher vessel cooperatives, c/p
motherships, and shoreside processors; (2) new pollock allocation
regime for allocations to catcher vessel cooperatives; (3) new
recordkeeping and reporting requirements for vessels and processors;
(4) new restrictions on participation of AFA pollock vessels in non-
pollock fisheries; and (5) restrictions on ability of AFA pollock
processors to process non-pollock groundfish and crab species from the
Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Notice 11/17/01 66 FR 59225
NPRM 12/17/01 66 FR 65028
Comment Period End 01/28/02
NPRM Comment Period End 01/31/02
Final Action 11/00/02
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AN55
_______________________________________________________________________
650. DEEP-SEA RED CRAB FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: This action would establish a fishery management plan for the
red crab fishery to protect the stock.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/20/02 67 FR 41936
NPRM Comment Period End 07/23/02
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AN68
_______________________________________________________________________
651. ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES; SWORDFISH QUOTAS AND FISHING
AREAS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 971 et seq; 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking would implement several recommendations
adopted by the International Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in November 2000. These recommendations include
a ban on the importation of bigeye tuna from non-members Belize,
Honduras, Cambodia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and ICCAT
member Equatorial Guinea, the development of statistical document
programs for swordfish and bigeye tuna to monitor harvests and assist
in the collection of trade data, the establishment of a 400 metric ton
conservation reserve for North Atlantic swordfish and the establishment
of a 2001 catch limit for South Atlantic swordfish, consistent with
catch limits in recent years. This rule would also clarify authorized
fishing areas for highly migratory species in the Atlantic Ocean.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/15/01 66 FR 57409
NPRM Comment Period End 12/31/01
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John Dunnigan, Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2334
Email: john.dunnigan@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AO93
_______________________________________________________________________
652. AMERICAN LOBSTER FISHERY; REVISIONS TO LOBSTER TRAP LIMITS,
CONSERVATION EQUIVALENCY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WATERS, AND CLARIFICATION OF
LOBSTER MANAGEMENT BOUNDARIES PER ADDENDUM 1
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 5101 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 697
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS announces that it is considering, and seeking public
comment on, revisions to Federal American lobster regulations for
Federal permit holders associated with Amendment 3 of the Interstate
Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster (ISFMP). Addendum I to
Amendment 3 of the ISFMP, approved by the Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) on August 3, 1999, provides for the
control of fishing effort as determined by historical participation in
the American lobster trap fisheries in offshore waters of the Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) and areas of the EEZ closer to shore between New
York and North Carolina. The addendum also clarifies lobster management
area boundaries in Massachusetts waters. In addition, the ISFMP calls
for the implementation of conservation equivalent trap limits in New
Hampshire waters.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/03/02 67 FR 282
NPRM Comment Period End 02/19/02
Comment Period Extended 02/19/02 67 FR 4697
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State, Federal
Agency Contact: Thomas Meyer, Fisheries Biologist, Office of
Intergovernmental/Recreational Fisheries, Department of Commerce,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Suite 425, 8484
Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 427-2014
RIN: 0648-AP15
_______________________________________________________________________
653. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO ALLOW EXPERIMENTAL SETNET SABLEFISH
LANDINGS TO QUALIFY LIMITED-ENTRY SABLEFISH ENDORSEMENT HOLDERS FOR TIER
ASSIGNMENT IN THE WEST COAST PRIMARY SABLEFISH FISHERY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, Final Rule must be published 30 days
after end of comment period on proposed rule.
Abstract: This regulation would alter sablefish tier qualification
requirements at 50 CFR 660 to include sablefish landings made in the
1984-1986 setnet sablefish fishery. This is a minor
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regulation intended to allow sablefish endorsement holders to qualify
for sablefish tier assignment based on both fixed-gear sablefish
landings and on experimental setnet sablefish landings, and will not
change the effect of the fishery on the sablefish resource nor change
the overall sablefish harvest level.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/24/02 67 FR 42525
NPRM Comment Period End 07/24/02
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: D. Robert Lohn, Regional Administrator, Northwest
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 1, Seattle, WA 48115-
0070
Phone: 206 526-6150
Fax: 206 526-6426
RIN: 0648-AP39
_______________________________________________________________________
654. AMENDMENT 5 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE SHRIMP FISHERY
OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: This rule would implement Amendment 5 to the Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) for the Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic
Region. This rule would: (1) establish a license limitation program for
the rock shrimp fishery prosecuted south of the South Carolina-Georgia
border in the South Atlantic Region that (a) have held a valid rock
shrimp permit prior to December 31, 2000 and (b) can demonstrate
landings of at least 15,000 pounds in any one year from 1996 to 2000;
(2) require captains operating permitted vessels fishing for rock
shrimp in the South Atlantic EEZ to have a vessel operator's permit
issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service to participate in the
fishery; (3) require the minimum allowable mesh size for a trawl used
to fish in the South Atlantic EEZ for rock shrimp be 1 and 7/8 inch
stretched mesh; and (4) require any vessel fishing for rock shrimp in
the South Atlantic Council's EEZ to use an approved vessel monitoring
system that would not exceed $1,200 in cost for equipment and
installation. Annual communication costs would not exceed $800.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Notice 07/25/02 67 FR 48603
NPRM 09/04/02 67 FR 56516
NPRM Comment Period End 10/21/02
Final Action 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Peter J. Eldridge, Fishery Management Specialist,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Phone: 727 570-5305
Fax: 727 570-3583
Email: peter.eldridge@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AP41
_______________________________________________________________________
655. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE OPTIMUM YIELD AND HARVEST LIMIT FOR PACIFIC
MACKEREL
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, July 2002.
The Coastal Pelagics Fisheries regulations require that the annual
specifications for Pacific mackerel be published in the Federal
Register before July 1, the start of the season.
Abstract: NMFS announces the annual harvest guideline for Pacific
mackerel in the exclusive economic zone off the Pacific coast. The
Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and its
implementing regulations require NMFS to set an annual harvest
guideline for Pacific mackerel based on a formula in the FMP. The
intended effect of this action is to establish allowable harvest levels
for Pacific mackerel off the Pacific coast and to minimize the impact
on other coastal pelagic fisheries.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 07/11/02 67 FR 45952
NPRM Comment Period End 07/26/02
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Svein Fougner, Assistant Regional Administrator for
Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Southwest Region, 501 W. Ocean Boulevard,
Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone: 562 980-4040
RIN: 0648-AP43
_______________________________________________________________________
656. AMENDMENT TO REGULATIONS FOR OBSERVER AT-SEA ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR VESSELS AND SHORESIDE
PROCESSORS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC GROUNDFISH FISHERIES
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: This rulemaking would refine requirements for the
facilitation of observer data transmission and improve support for
observers. The rulemaking is intended to assure continued collection of
high-quality observer data to support the management objectives of the
Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea
and Aleutian Islands Area and the Fishery Management Plan for
Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 07/25/02 67 FR 48604
NPRM Comment Period End 08/26/02
Final Rule 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
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Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AP66
_______________________________________________________________________
657. AMENDMENT 69 TO THE BSAI FMP -- AFA COOP LEASING
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 773 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the Fishery Management Plan for
the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands Area (BSAI)
(Amendment 69) to allow American Fisheries Act (AFA) inshore pollock
cooperatives to contract with inshore catcher vessel members of other
cooperatives for the purpose of harvesting the cooperative's BSAI
pollock allocation.
This rulemaking would alter the AFA inshore cooperative structure. The
change would allow one inshore cooperative to contract with members of
another inshore cooperative to harvest a portion of the first
cooperative's BSAI pollock allocation. This is currently not allowed,
since only members of a given cooperative are allowed to harvest any
portion of that cooperative's allocation. Cooperatives are concerned
that they might not be able to achieve a full harvest of their pollock
allocation under some conditions in any given year. This amendment
would result in a structure that would better ensure that cooperatives
are able to harvest all of their allocation.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Notice 07/05/02 67 FR 47794
NRPM 08/23/02 67 FR 54610
Notice Comment Period End 09/03/02
NPRM Comment Period End 10/07/02
Final Action 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AP71
_______________________________________________________________________
658. PROTECT NORTHEAST MULTISPECIES GROUNDFISH STOCKS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service implemented interim
measures intended to reduce overfishing on species managed under the
Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan. The interim rules
implemented restrictions specified in the Settlement Agreement Among
Certain Parties which was ordered to be implemented by the U.S.
District Court for the District of Columbia.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 04/29/02 67 FR 21140
Interim Final Rule Effective 05/01/02
Interim Final Rule 05/06/02 67 FR 30331
Interim Final Rule 06/05/02 67 FR 38608
NPRM 07/01/02 67 FR 44139
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period End 07/05/02
NPRM Comment Period End 07/16/02
Interim Final Rule 08/01/02 67 FR 50292
Final Action 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AP78
_______________________________________________________________________
659. AMENDMENT 60 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE GROUNDFISH
FISHERY OF THE GULF OF ALASKA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This Amendment is intended to protect the depressed king and
Tanner crab stocks in Cook Inlet by minimizing bycatch and the
mortality of such bycatch. Prohibiting non-pelagic trawl operations
will protect this habitat and promote the rebuilding of the crab
resources in the Cook Inlet portion of the GOA.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Notice 05/14/02 67 FR 34424
NPRM 06/13/02 67 FR 40680
NPRM Comment Period End 07/29/02
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AP79
_______________________________________________________________________
660. PACIFIC TUNA FISHERIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 955
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would announce harvest limits and associated
fishery management measures to carry out recommendations of the IATTC
that have been approved by the U.S. Department of State. The United
States is a member of the IATTC, and NMFS (on behalf of the Secretary
of Commerce) implements management recommendations pursuant to the Tuna
Conventions Act of 1950. Procedures for announcing harvest quotas and
associated management measures are
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set forth at 50 CFR part 300 subpart C.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Svein Fougner, Assistant Regional Administrator for
Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Southwest Region, 501 W. Ocean Boulevard,
Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone: 562 980-4040
RIN: 0648-AP86
_______________________________________________________________________
661. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE OPTIMUM YIELD AND HARVEST LIMIT FOR PACIFIC
SARDINE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, January 1, 2003, The CPS fisheries
regulations require that the annual specs for Pacific sardine be
published in the Federal Register before January 1, the start of the
fishing year.
Abstract: This rule will announce the annual harvest guidelines for
Pacific sardine in the exclusive economic zone off the Pacific coast.
The catch sharing plan (CSP) FMP and its implementing regulations
require NMFS to establish an annual harvest guideline for Pacific
sardine based on a formula in the Fishery Management Plan (FMP). This
harvest guideline has been calculated according to the regulations
implementing the Coastal Pelagic Species FMP and establishes allowable
harvest levels for Pacific sardine off the Pacific coast.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Svein Fougner, Assistant Regional Administrator for
Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Southwest Region, 501 W. Ocean Boulevard,
Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone: 562 980-4040
RIN: 0648-AP88
_______________________________________________________________________
662. ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES (HMS); REGULATORY ADJUSTMENTS;
NOAA INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 971 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule corrects the cross-references in several parts to
regulations that have since been removed, and it updates the table in
15 CFR 902.1(b) to add new OMB approvals and to correct control number
references to the appropriate CFR part or section.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John H. Dunnigan, Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway 13350, Silver Spring, MD
Phone: 301 713-2334
RIN: 0648-AP89
_______________________________________________________________________
663. ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES (HMS); 2002 BLUEFIN TUNA QUOTA
SPECIFICATIONS AND EFFORT CONTROLS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 971 et seq; 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS proposes specifications for the Atlantic bluefin tuna
(BFT) fishery to set BFT quotas and general category effort controls
for the 2002 fishing year. This action will implement the U.S. annual
BFT quota as recommended by the International Commission on
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas and allocate that quota among the
domestic fishing categories. Effort controls for the general category
will allocate monthly quotas and set certain restricted fishing days.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/27/02 67 FR 43266
NPRM Comment Period End 07/24/02
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John H. Dunnigan, Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway 13350, Silver Spring, MD
Phone: 301 713-2334
RIN: 0648-AP90
_______________________________________________________________________
664. [bull] EXTENSION OF AN EMERGENCY INTERIM RULE TO IMPLEMENT 2002
STELLER SEA LION PROTECTION MEASURES AND HARVEST SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE
BERING SEA/ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AREA AND THE GULF OF ALASKA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 773 et seq; 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 3631 et
seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, July 8, 2002, Extension of emergency
interim rule.
Abstract: The extension of an emergency interim rule continues to
implement Steller sea lion protection measures to avoid the likelihood
that the groundfish fisheries off Alaska will jeopardize the continued
existence of the western population of Steller sea lions or adversely
modify their critical habitat. This action also extends final 2002
harvest specifications and associated management measures for the
groundfish fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management
area and the Gulf of Alaska through December 31, 2002.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 05/16/02 67 FR 34860
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
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Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
Related RIN: Related To 0648-AP69
RIN: 0648-AQ02
_______________________________________________________________________
665. [bull] FISHERIES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF ALASKA --
REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO IMPLEMENT STELLER SEA LION PROTECT MEASURES
Priority: Economically Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory amendment would implement Steller sea lion
protection measures to avoid the likelihood that the groundfish
fisheries off Alaska will jeopardize the continued existence of the
western distinct population segment of Steller sea lions or adversely
modify its critical habitat.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/04/02 67 FR 56692
NPRM Comment Period End 10/04/02
Final Action Effective 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AQ08
_______________________________________________________________________
666. [bull] SUBSISTENCE FISHERY FOR PACIFIC HALIBUT IN WATERS OFF ALASKA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 773-773k
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300; 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS proposes regulations to authorize a subsistence fishery
for Pacific halibut in waters off Alaska. These regulations are
necessary to allow qualified persons to practice the long-term
customary and traditional harvest of Pacific halibut for food in a
noncommercial manner. This action is intended to meet the conservation
and management requirements of the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982
(Halibut Act) and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/26/02 67 FR 54767
NPRM Comment Period End 09/25/02
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AQ09
_______________________________________________________________________
667. [bull] IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW DEPTH-BASED MANAGEMENT MEASURES IN THE
PACIFIC COAST GROUNDFISH FISHERY
Priority: Economically Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This emergency rulemaking would allow additional depth-based
management measures to be incorporated into the suite of routine
management measures that can be used by the Pacific Fishery Management
Council and NMFS in the Pacific Coast Groundfish fishery. The emergency
rule published on 9/13/02 published under RIN 0648-AP85.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule Effective 09/10/02
Interim Final Rule 09/13/02 67 FR 57973
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period End 10/15/02
Final Action 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: The Emergency Rule published on 9/13/02 was
published with an incorrect RIN: 0648-AP85.
Agency Contact: D. Robert Lohn, Regional Administrator, Northwest
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 1, Seattle, WA 48115-
0070
Phone: 206 526-6150
Fax: 206 526-6426
RIN: 0648-AQ14
_______________________________________________________________________
668. [bull] CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUND PROCEDURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 46 USC 1177
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 259
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Simplifies and clarifies program regulations and eases
restrictions on reconstructions to promote fleet safety, reliability,
and efficiency.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Charles L. Cooper, Program Leader, Department of
Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2396
Email: charles.cooper@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AQ16
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669. [bull] 2003-2004 MANAGEMENT MEASURES FOR COMMERCIAL, RECREATIONAL,
AND TREATY INDIAN SALMON FISHERIES OFF THE COASTS OF WASHINGTON, OREGON,
AND CALIFORNIA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, May 2003.
Abstract: The annual management measures for the 2003-2004 fishing year
specify allowable ocean harvest levels (including quotas), allocations,
management boundaries and zones, minimum size limits, gear definitions,
seasons, selective fisheries, and in-season notice procedures.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: D. Robert Lohn, Regional Administrator, Northwest
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 1, Seattle, WA 48115-
0070
Phone: 206 526-6150
Fax: 206 526-6426
RIN: 0648-AQ17
_______________________________________________________________________
670. [bull] EMERGENCY RULE -- GROUNDFISH FISHERY MANAGEMENT MEASURES FOR
JANUARY THROUGH FEBRUARY 2003
Priority: Economically Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, January 1, 2003, Emergency Rule
January-February management measures.
Abstract: This emergency rulemaking would implement the January through
February 2003 management measures for groundfish taken in the U.S.
exclusive economic zone and State waters off the coasts of Washington,
Oregon, and California. These management measures are intended to allow
achievement of harvest guidelines and limited entry and open access
allocations to the extent practicable.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: D. Robert Lohn, Regional Administrator, Northwest
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 1, Seattle, WA 48115-
0070
Phone: 206 526-6150
Fax: 206 526-6426
RIN: 0648-AQ19
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671. [bull] EMERGENCY ACTION TO EXPEDITE REALLOCATION OF SARDINE IN THE
WEST COAST COASTAL PELAGIC SPECIES FISHERY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This emergency rule would expedite the reallocation of
Pacific sardine along the West Coast to minimize economic harm to
fishermen and processors in communities of Washington, Oregon and
northern California. The Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management
Plan provides that an annual harvest guideline for Pacific sardine be
announced in January each year, with an initial allocation of one-third
of the harvest guideline to the northern area and two-thirds of the
allocation to the southern area. After nine months, the Southwest
Regional Administrator, NMFS, determines the catches to date and, if
the harvest guideline has not been reached, allocates the remaining
portion of the harvest guideline equally between the northern and
southern areas.
The sardine industry in the northern area has grown rapidly the past
two years. This year the northern allocation was taken before the end
of the 9-month period; therefore, the northern fishery was closed
effective September 13, 2002. There is substantial unharvested sardine
left in the total harvest guideline. Consequently, the Pacific Fishery
Management Council requested that NMFS take emergency action to
minimize the effects of this closure. The closure of the northern
fishery is viewed as resulting in an unnecessary loss of revenue and
jobs. Sardine would normally become available again to the northern
fishery with the reallocation on October 1, 2002. The reallocation is
expected to result in increased catches, landed value, fishing and
processing income, and associated community activity. It is further
noted that this is not likely to adversely affect southern fishermen
and processors because they would continue to have fish available for
the rest of the year. NMFS does not expect this emergency rule to cause
any biological problems because the harvest guideline would still
control total catch.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Svein Fougner, Assistant Regional Administrator for
Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Southwest Region, 501 W. Ocean Boulevard,
Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone: 562 980-4040
RIN: 0648-AQ47
_______________________________________________________________________
672. INTERAGENCY POLICY ON THE PRESCRIPTION OF FISHWAYS UNDER SECTION 18
OF THE FEDERAL POWER ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 742; 16 USC 661 et seq; 16 USC 791a et seq; 16
USC et 1531 et seq; 16 USC 811 et seq; ...
CFR Citation: 18 CFR 385.713
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking invites public comment on proposed internal
policy for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine
Fisheries Service (the Services) regarding the prescription of fishways
pursuant to section 18 of the Federal Power Act for non-Federal
hydropower projects licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC). The proposed policy is intended to set forth
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the definition of fishways in accordance with the 1992 National Energy
Policy Act and the procedures for the prescription of fishways. The
policy does not introduce new procedures but standardizes current
practices and existing procedures for providing fishway prescriptions.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Notice 12/22/00 65 FR 80898
Notice Comment Period End 02/20/01
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Kathryn Conant, Habitat Specialist, NMFS, Office of
Habitat Conservation, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910
Phone: 301 713-2325
Fax: 301 713-1043
Email: kathryn.conant@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AO70
_______________________________________________________________________
673. POLICY FOR REVIEW OF MANDATORY CONDITIONS DEVELOPED BY THE
DEPARTMENTS OF THE INTERIOR AND COMMERCE IN THE CONTEXT OF HYDROPOWER
LICENSING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 791a et seq; 16 USC 811; 16 USC 797(e); 16 USC
8251(b)
CFR Citation: 18 CFR 385.713
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce
(Departments) have formalized a process for public review of and
comment on mandatory conditions and prescriptions the Departments
develop for inclusion in hydropower licenses issued by the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to part I of the Federal Power
Act. This policy provides an opportunity for public comment on the
Departments' mandatory conditions and prescriptions for both the
traditional licensing process and the alternative licensing process.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Notice 12/13/00 65 FR 77889
Notice Comment Period End 01/03/01
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Energy Effects: Statement of Energy Effects planned as required by
Executive Order 13211.
Agency Contact: Kathryn Conant, Habitat Specialist, NMFS, Office of
Habitat Conservation, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910
Phone: 301 713-2325
Fax: 301 713-1043
Email: kathryn.conant@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AO84
_______________________________________________________________________
674. ATLANTIC LARGE WHALE 2002 SEASONAL AREA MANAGEMENT (SAM) PROGRAM
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 229
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, November 23, 2001, The Federal District
Court for the District of Massachusetts order.
Final, Judicial, December 31, 2001, The Federal District Court for the
District of Massachusetts order.
Abstract: NMFS is preparing regulations to implement a SAM program for
the 2002 fishing year, which was identified as a measure under the RPA
that resulted from the biological opinions prepared for the Northeast
multispecies, monkfish, spiny dogfish, and American lobster fisheries.
The 2002 SAM program is intended as an incremental step to provide
endangered western North Atlantic right whales protection from
entanglement with fishing gear used in those fisheries. NMFS is
preparing an EIS for more comprehensive SAM regulations for 2003 and
beyond, in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), to analyze the impacts on the human environment of the
management alternatives under consideration. The measures that have
been identified for the 2002 SAM proposed rulemaking requires
reduction, elimination, and/or modification of certain types of fixed
gear (i.e., gillnets and lobster traps) in specific areas off the
Atlantic coast of the United States during times of the year when right
whales are known to be present in significant concentrations.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 10/03/01 66 FR 50390
ANPRM Comment Period End 11/02/01
NPRM 11/28/01 66 FR 59394
NPRM Comment Period End 12/13/01
Interim Final Rule 01/09/02 67 FR 1142
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period End 02/08/02
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Lawson, Office of Protected Resources,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2322
Email: patricia.lawson@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AP68
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675. PROVIDE REGULATIONS FOR PERMITS FOR CAPTURE, TRANSPORT, IMPORT AND
EXPORT OF PROTECTED SPECIES FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY, AND FOR MAINTAINING A
CAPTIVE MARINE MAMMAL INVENTORY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1372 (c)
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will revise and simplify criteria and procedures
specific to permits for taking, transporting, importing, and exporting
protected species for public display and provide convenient formats for
reporting marine mammal captive holdings and transports as required by
amendments made in 1994 to the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 07/03/01 66 FR 35209
NPRM Comment Period Extended 08/22/01 66 FR 44109
NPRM Comment Period End 09/04/01
Comment Period Extended 11/02/01
Final Action 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Gene Nitta, Marine Resource Manager, Office of
Protected Resources, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910
Phone: 301 713-2289
RIN: 0648-AH26
_______________________________________________________________________
676. PACIFIC OFFSHORE CETACEAN TAKE REDUCTION PLAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 229
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This interim final rule allows vessel operators participating
in the California/Oregon drift gillnet fishery for thresher shark and
swordfish to use longer lines to attach pingers to the nets.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 08/24/01 66 FR 44549
Final Action 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Lawson, Office of Protected Resources,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2322
Email: patricia.lawson@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AL70
_______________________________________________________________________
677. DRAFT POLICY FOR EVALUATION OF CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN MAKING
LISTING DECISIONS
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 424
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This draft policy evaluates conservation efforts in making
listing decisions under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The policy
identifies considerations to be used in determining whether
conservation plans and agreements, management plans or other efforts
provide sufficient protections to preclude or remove the need to list a
species under the ESA.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/13/00 65 FR 37102
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local
Agency Contact: Margaret C. Lorenz, ESA Policy Coordinator, Office of
Protected Resources, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910
Phone: 301 713-1401
Email: margaret.lorenz@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AL91
_______________________________________________________________________
678. SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION REGULATIONS; SHRIMP FISHERY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS issues this rule to make technical changes to the
requirements for turtle excluder devices (TEDs) to increase their
effectiveness. In particular, NMFS is considering increasing the size
of TED escape openings to allow larger turtles to escape. The options
NMFS is currently considering are: Requiring the leatherback opening
with a minimum 32-inch grid in all areas (71-inch opening), or
requiring a 35-inch by 16-inch opening with a minimum 30-inch grid in
all areas. In addition, NMFS is considering other modifications to the
TED regulations, including modifying or decertifying hooped hard TEDs
and weedless TEDs, changing the requirements for the types of flotation
devices allowed, and extending the requirement to have a short flap and
grid angle of no greater than 45 degrees on bottom opening TEDs (other
than TEDs equipped with the leatherback opening) to all areas in the
U.S. Gulf of Mexico and the Southeast U.S. Atlantic. NMFS is also
considering modifications to the leatherback contingency plan (50 CFR
223.206(d)(2)(iv)) to provide better protection to leatherback turtles.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 04/05/00 65 FR 17852
ANPRM Comment Period End 05/05/00
NPRM 10/02/01 66 FR 50148
NPRM Comment Period End 11/16/01
Comment Period Extended 02/15/02
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Therese Conant, Department of Commerce, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Protected Resources,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-1431
Fax: 301 713-0376
RIN: 0648-AN62
_______________________________________________________________________
679. DESIGNATED CRITICAL HABITAT: PROPOSED CRITICAL HABITAT FOR NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA STEELHEAD
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1533
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 226
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, June 7, 2001.
Abstract: On June 7, 2000, NMFS listed the Northern California
steelhead evolutionarily significant unit of steelhead as threatened
under the Endangered Species Act. NMFS will now designate critical
habitat for these steelhead.
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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/19/00 65 FR 79328
NPRM Comment Period End 02/20/01
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Barry Thom, Fishery Biologist, Office of Protected
Resources, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-1401
Email: barry.thom@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AO04
_______________________________________________________________________
680. TAKING OF THE COOK INLET, ALASKA, STOCK OF BELUGA WHALES BY ALASKA
NATIVES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1371
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS is regulating subsistence harvest of Cook Inlet Beluga
to ensure that the harvest is sustainable and does not substantially
delay the recovery of this marine mammal stock. Specific harvest levels
and distribution of the harvest will be based upon cooperative
agreements with Alaska native organizations.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 10/04/00 65 FR 59164
NPRM Comment Period End 11/27/00
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Organizations, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Thomas C. Eagle, Fishery Biologist, Department of
Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Room 13725,
Office of Protected Resources, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,
MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2055
Fax: 301 713-4060
Email: tom.eagle@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AO16
_______________________________________________________________________
681. RESTRICTIONS ON POUND NET LEADERS TO ENHANCE TURTLE PROTECTION IN
VIRGINIA; THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 222; 50 CFR 223; 50 CFR 224
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action involves prohibiting the use of all pound net
leaders measuring 12 inches or greater stretched mesh and all pound
nets with stringer leaders in the Virginia waters of the mainstem
Chesapeake Bay and the waters of the James River, York River, and
Rappahannock River downstream of the first bridge in each tributary
from May 8 to June 30. This action also includes a provision to extend
the regulation if NMFS believes that sea turtles may still be
vulnerable to entanglement in pound net leaders after June 30. Should
an extension of the prohibition of pound net leaders measuring 12
inches or greater stretched mesh and leaders with stringers be
necessary, NMFS will file a notification with the Office of the Federal
Register explicitly stating the duration of the extension.
Additionally, this proposed rule incorporates a measure that if high
strandings start to occur and/or monitoring of pound net leaders
reveals new information about sea turtle interactions with pound net
leaders less than 12 inches stretched mesh, NMFS may determine that
additional restrictions are necessary. Should this occur, NMFS will
immediately file a final rule with the Office of the Federal Register
which explicitly states the mandatory gear modification as well as the
affected area and the time period. Such additional restrictions may
include prohibiting the use of all pound net leaders measuring 8 inches
or greater stretched mesh or prohibiting the use of all pound net
leaders regardless of mesh size in the Virginia waters of the mainstem
Chesapeake Bay and portions of the Virginia tributaries from the date
of publication to June 30.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 03/29/02 67 FR 15160
NPRM Comment Period End 04/15/02
Interim Final Rule 06/17/02 67 FR 41196
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period End 07/17/02
Final Action 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Mary A. Colligan, Assistant Regional Admisistrator,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS/Protected Resources, Protected Resources Division,
One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9116
Fax: 978 281-9394
RIN: 0648-AP81
_______________________________________________________________________
682. SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION REGULATIONS; FISHERY ACTIVITIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS is enacting a seasonally adjusted closure of the Mid-
Atlantic Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) waters to fishing with gillnets
with a mesh size larger than 8 inch (20.3 cm) stretched mesh. The
purpose of this action is to reduce the impact of the large-mesh
gillnet fisheries on endangered and threatened species of sea turtles
primarily from the monkfish fishery which has previously demonstrated a
high sea turtle bycatch and mortality rate. The closure areas and times
are as follows: waters north of 33 degrees 51.0 minutes N (North
Carolina/South Carolina border at the coast) and south of 35 degrees
46.0 minutes N (Oregon Inlet) are closed at all times; waters north of
35 degrees 46.0 minutes N (Oregon Inlet) and south of 36 degrees 22.5
minutes N (Currituck Beach Light, NC) are closed from March 16 through
January 14; waters north of 36 degrees 22.5 minutes N (Currituck Beach
Light, NC) and south of 37 degrees 34.6 minutes N (Wachapreague Inlet,
VA) are closed from April 1 through January 14; waters north of 37
degrees 34.6 minutes N (Wachapreague Inlet, VA) and south of 37 degrees
56.0 minutes N
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(Chincoteague, VA) are closed from April 16 through January 14; waters
north of 37 degrees 56.0 minutes N (Chincoteague, VA) will not be
affected by this rule. NMFS also intends to publish a permanent rule
establishing seasonal closures and is seeking comments on this
proposal. In addition, NMFS is requesting comments on the need to
consider restrictions on smaller gillnet mesh sizes in the permanent
rule.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 03/21/02 67 FR 13098
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patrick Opay, Sea Turtle Ecologist, Department of
Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-
West Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-1401
RIN: 0648-AP91
_______________________________________________________________________
683. [bull] LISTING ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE AND DESIGNATING
CRITICAL HABITAT; 90-DAY FINDING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce,
announces the 90-day finding for a petition to reclassify the Northern
and Florida Panhandle nesting subpopulations of the loggerhead (Caretta
caretta) sea turtle from threatened to endangered and designate
critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Services
find that the petition to reclassify presents substantial scientific
information indicating that the petitioned action may be warranted. The
Services find that the petition to designate critical habitat did not
provide substantial scientific information to warrant further review.
The Services will conduct a status review of the loggerhead turtle to
determine whether the petitioned action is warranted. To ensure a
comprehensive review, the Services are soliciting information and
comments pertaining to this species from any interested party.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/04/02 67 FR 38459
NPRM Comment Period End 08/05/02
Final Action 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Therese Conant, Department of Commerce, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Protected Resources,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-1431
Fax: 301 713-0376
RIN: 0648-AP94
_______________________________________________________________________
684. [bull] DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT FOR GULF STURGEON
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 226
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Judicial, May 23, 2002.
Final, Judicial, February 28, 2003.
Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (collectively, the Services) jointly listed the Gulf
sturgeon as ``threatened'' under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in
1991. The ESA requires that critical habitat be designated for any
listed species. On June 6, 2002, the Services proposed designating
critical habitat for the Gulf sturgeon. The proposed designation
includes seven freshwater and seven estuarine/marine units in the Gulf
of Mexico as critical habitat. All of the units proposed as critical
habitat are areas presently occupied by Gulf sturgeon during part of
its life cycle. On August 8, 2002, the Services announced the
availability of a draft economic analysis of the proposed designation,
and extended the public comment period for the proposal to October 7,
2002. A final designation must be filed by February 28, 2003, per a
court settlement agreement.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/06/02 67 FR 39106
Comment Period Extended 08/08/02 67 FR 51530
NPRM Comment Period End 10/07/02
Final Action 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Stephania Bolden, Fisheries Biologist, Department of
Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, F/SER3, 9721
Executive Center Drive North, St. Peterburg, FL 33702
Phone: 727 570-5312
RIN: 0648-AQ03
_______________________________________________________________________
685. [bull] TAKING OF THREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES INCIDENTAL TO
COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 222; 50 CFR 223
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to
prohibit drift gillnet fishing in U.S. ocean waters off of southern
California south of Point Conception (34 degrees 27 minutes N) and west
to 120 degrees W longitude from August 15 to August 31, and from
January 1 to January 31, during El Nino events.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/20/02 67 FR 59243
NPRM Comment Period End 10/21/02
Final Action 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Therese Conant, Department of Commerce, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Protected Resources,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-1431
Fax: 301 713-0376
RIN: 0648-AQ13
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686. [bull] TAKING OF MARINE MAMMALS INCIDENTAL TO COMMERCIAL FISHING
OPERATIONS; ATLANTIC LARGE WHALE TAKE REDUCTION PLAN REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1387
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 229
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS is proposing to amend the regulations that implement the
Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan. The purpose of this rule is
to correct unintended errors in the Seasonal Area Management interim
final rule and the Dynamic Area Management final rule's preambles. Some
aspects of each program were inadvertently omitted from the associated
regulatory text and this technical amendment makes the regulatory text
reflect information provided in the rules' preambles.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Lawson, Office of Protected Resources,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2322
Email: patricia.lawson@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AQ23
_______________________________________________________________________
NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE/OFFICE OF OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
____________________________________________________
687. NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS UNDER THE OIL POLLUTION ACT OF
1990
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 33 USC 2706(e)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 990
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action amends the natural resource damage assessment
rule under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, codified at 15 CFR 990, due
to court remand (General Electric vs. Commerce, 128 F. 3d 767. DC Cir.
1997).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 07/31/01 66 FR 39464
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Eli Reinharz, Ecologist, Department of Commerce,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA/DAC, Room 10218,
1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-3038
Fax: 301 713-4387
RIN: 0648-AM80
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Long-Term Actions
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
_______________________________________________________________________
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
____________________________________________________
688. FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR CALICO SCALLOP FISHERY IN THE SOUTH
ATLANTIC REGION (FMP)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AL78
_______________________________________________________________________
689. AMENDMENT 10 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE SHRIMP FISHERY
OF THE GULF OF MEXICO (FMP)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AM23
_______________________________________________________________________
690. AMENDMENT 7 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE SPINY LOBSTER
FISHERY OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND SOUTH ATLANTIC FMP
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 640
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AN08
_______________________________________________________________________
691. SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION REGULATIONS; FISHERY ACTIVITIES (TEDS)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 05/14/01 66 FR 24287
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
[[Page 74424]]
Agency Contact: Therese Conant
Phone: 301 713-1431
Fax: 301 713-0376
RIN: 0648-AP16
_______________________________________________________________________
692. [bull] FISHERIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; ATLANTIC
MACKEREL, SQUID, AND BUTTERFISH FISHERIES; CONTROL DATE FOR ATLANTIC
MACKEREL
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS announces that it is considering, and is seeking public
comment on, proposed rulemaking to control future access to the
Atlantic mackerel resource if a management regime is developed and
implemented under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery conservation and
Management Act that limits the number of participants in the fishery.
This announcement is intended, in part, to promote awareness of
potential eligibility criteria for future access so as to discourage
speculative entry into the fishery while the Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council and NMFS consider whether and how access to the
Atlantic mackerel fishery should be controlled.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 07/05/02 67 FR 44792
Comment Period End 08/05/02
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AQ11
_______________________________________________________________________
693. ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES: TAKE OF THREATENED SOUTHERN
OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST EVOLUTIONARILY SIGNIFICANT UNIT (ESU)
COHO SALMON
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 07/18/97 62 FR 38479
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Barry Thom
Phone: 301 713-1401
Email: barry.thom@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AJ91
_______________________________________________________________________
694. NORTH ATLANTIC WHALE PROTECTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216; 50 CFR 222
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 01/04/00 65 FR 270
ANPRM Comment Period End 03/06/00
NPRM 12/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Trevor Spradlin
Phone: 301 713-2289
Email: trevor.spradlin@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AM85
_______________________________________________________________________
NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE/OFFICE OF OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
____________________________________________________
695. INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAM
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 922
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Helen Golde
Phone: 301 713-3145
RIN: 0648-AL06
_______________________________________________________________________
696. INSTALLING AND MAINTAINING COMMERCIAL SUBMARINE CABLES IN NATIONAL
MARINE SANCTUARIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 922
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 08/23/00 65 FR 51264
ANPRM Comment Period End 10/23/00
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Helen Golde
Phone: 301 713-3145
RIN: 0648-AO36
_______________________________________________________________________
697. [bull] PROCEDURAL CHANGES TO THE FEDERAL CONSISTENCY PROCESS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1463; 16 USC 1451 et seq
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 930
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NOAA is evaluating whether procedural changes or additional
guidance to the existing Federal consistency regulations is necessary
to improve efficiencies in the Federal consistency procedures and
Secretarial appeals process, particularly as related to energy
development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 07/02/02 67 FR 44407
ANPRM Comment Period End 09/03/02
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: David W. Kaiser, Federal Consistency Coordinator,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th Floor, Silver Spring, MD
20910
Phone: 301 713-3155
Fax: 301 713-4367
Email: david.kaiser@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AP98
[[Page 74425]]
_______________________________________________________________________
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
____________________________________________________
698. REGIONAL MARINE RESEARCH PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Don Scavia
Phone: 301 713-3060
RIN: 0648-AF20
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Completed Actions
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
_______________________________________________________________________
699. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO ESTABLISH PERMIT AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
FOR PELAGIC TROLL AND HANDLINE VESSELS FISHING OFF PACIFIC REMOTE
ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/06/02 67 FR 30346
Final Action 09/04/02 67 FR 56500
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Agency Contact: Charles Karnella
Phone: 808 973-2937
RIN: 0648-AJ08
_______________________________________________________________________
700. ADJUSTMENT OF THE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR PRECIOUS CORALS FISHERIES
IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 03/18/02 67 FR 11941
Final Action Effective 04/17/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Charles Karnella
Phone: 808 973-2937
RIN: 0648-AK23
_______________________________________________________________________
701. AMENDMENT 54 TO FMP FOR GROUNDFISH FISHERY OF BERING SEA AND
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AREA AND AMENDMENT 54 TO FMP FOR GROUNDFISH OF GULF OF
ALASKA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 04/29/02 67 FR 20915
Final Action Effective 05/29/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AK70
_______________________________________________________________________
702. FISHING CAPACITY REDUCTION PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 05/18/00 65 FR 31430
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Michael L. Grable
Phone: 301 713-2390
Email: michael.grable@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AK76
_______________________________________________________________________
703. CRAB COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA RESERVES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 03/22/02 67 FR 13291
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AL92
_______________________________________________________________________
704. AMENDMENT 67 TO THE FMP FOR THE GROUNDFISH FISHERY OF THE BERING
SEA AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AREA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 04/15/02 67 FR 18129
Correction 08/15/02 67 FR 53321
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AM40
_______________________________________________________________________
705. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO PREVENT OR MITIGATE THE TAKE OF SEA TURTLES
IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC PELAGIC FISHERIES
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/29/02 67 FR 20945
Final Action 06/12/02 67 FR 40232
Correction 07/25/02 67 FR 48604
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Charles Karnella
Phone: 808 973-2937
RIN: 0648-AN75
[[Page 74426]]
_______________________________________________________________________
706. GENERIC AMENDMENT ADDRESSING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TORTUGAS
MARINE RESERVES UNDER THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 07/19/02 67 FR 47467
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AN83
_______________________________________________________________________
707. AMENDMENT 3 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE GOLDEN CRAB
FISHERY OFF THE SOUTHERN ATLANTIC STATES (FMP)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 05/03/02 67 FR 22359
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AO23
_______________________________________________________________________
708. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO MODIFY THE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE
WESTERN PACIFIC PELAGIC FISHERIES TO MITIGATE THE TAKE OF SEABIRDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 05/14/02 67 FR 34408
Final Rule Effective 06/13/02
Final Action 09/10/02 67 FR 57346
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Government Levels Affected: State, Local
Agency Contact: Charles Karnella
Phone: 808 973-2937
RIN: 0648-AO35
_______________________________________________________________________
709. AMENDMENT 11 TO FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SHRIMP FISHERY OF GULF
OF MEXICO (FMP)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 08/07/02 67 FR 51074
Final Action Effective 09/06/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AO51
_______________________________________________________________________
710. AMENDMENTS TO FMPS FOR GULF OF MEXICO REEF FISH AND GULF OF MEXICO
AND SOUTH ATLANTIC COASTAL MIGRATORY PELAGIC RESOURCES TO LIMIT ENTRY
INTO GULF OF MEXICO RECREATIONAL-FOR-HIRE FISHERIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 06/28/02 67 FR 43558
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joseph Powers
Phone: 727 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AO62
_______________________________________________________________________
711. RECREATIONAL MEASURES FOR THE SUMMER FLOUNDER, SCUP, AND BLACK SEA
BASS FISHERIES FOR FISHING YEAR 2002
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/23/02 67 FR 36139
Final Action 08/02/02 67 FR 50368
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AO91
_______________________________________________________________________
712. SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE SPINY DOGFISH FISHERY FOR FISHING YEAR 2002
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 05/07/02 67 FR 30614
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AP07
_______________________________________________________________________
713. FRAMEWORK 1 TO THE MONKFISH FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR FISHING
YEAR 2002; DISAPPROVAL OF FRAMEWORK
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/04/02 67 FR 16079
Emergency Interim Rule 05/22/02 67 FR 35928
Emergency Interim Rule Ends 11/18/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AP11
_______________________________________________________________________
714. FRAMEWORK ADJUSTMENT 2 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE
ATLANTIC MACKEREL, SQUID, AND BUTTERFISH FISHERIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/28/02 67 FR 36556
Final Action 07/02/02 67 FR 44392
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AP12
[[Page 74427]]
_______________________________________________________________________
715. ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES; PELAGIC LONGLINE FISHERY; SEA
TURTLE PROTECTION MEASURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/10/02 67 FR 17349
Final Action 07/09/02 67 FR 45393
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John Dunnigan
Phone: 301 713-2334
Email: john.dunnigan@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AP49
_______________________________________________________________________
716. 2002-2003 MANAGEMENT MEASURES FOR COMMERCIAL, RECREATIONAL, AND
TREATY INDIAN SALMON FISHERIES OFF THE COASTS OF WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND
CALIFORNIA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 05/07/02 67 FR 30616
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: D. Robert Lohn
Phone: 206 526-6150
Fax: 206 526-6426
RIN: 0648-AP52
_______________________________________________________________________
717. ATLANTIC BLUEFISH FISHERY; SPECIFICATIONS FOR FISHING YEAR 2002
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 06/06/02 67 FR 38909
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AP59
_______________________________________________________________________
718. PACIFIC HALIBUT FISHERIES CATCH SHARING PLAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: None
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 03/20/02 67 FR 12885
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local
Agency Contact: D. Robert Lohn
Phone: 206 526-6150
Fax: 206 526-6426
RIN: 0648-AP80
_______________________________________________________________________
719. IMPOSING ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS IN THE HAWAII-BASED LONGLINE
FISHERY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 04/05/02 67 FR 16323
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Charles Karnella
Phone: 808 973-2937
RIN: 0648-AP84
_______________________________________________________________________
720. IMPLEMENT 2002 PACIFIC WHITING SPECIFICATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 04/15/02 67 FR 18117
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period End 05/15/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: D. Robert Lohn
Phone: 206 526-6150
Fax: 206 526-6426
RIN: 0648-AP85
_______________________________________________________________________
721. [bull] CONTROL DATE FOR LONGLINE VESSELS FISHING FOR PELAGIC
SPECIES IN THE EEZ AROUND AMERICAN SAMOA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final rule must be published 30 days
after the comment period ends on the proposed rule.
Abstract: On March 21, 2002, the Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council) adopted a ``control date'' of March 21, 2002, for the
longline fishery for pelagic species around American Samoa (the
``fishery'') that entrance to this fishery might be limited. The
purpose of the ``control date'' is to notify persons interested in
joining this fishery after March 21, that they might be excluded from
the fishery if the Council and/or NMFS decide to limit entry to the
fishery. The Council is currently developing an amendment to the
Fishery Management Plan for the Pelagic Fisheries of the Western
Pacific Region to limit new entry to this fishery. The specific
eligibility requirements that would be used in this limited entry
program are still being formulated and analyzed. The Council may choose
not to control entry or access to the fishery, in which case the
control date may be rescinded.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 06/03/02 67 FR 38245
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period End 07/03/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Federal
Agency Contact: Dr. Charles Karnella, Administrator, Pacific Islands
Area Office, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI
96814-4700
Phone: 808 973-2937
RIN: 0648-AQ01
[[Page 74428]]
_______________________________________________________________________
722. [bull] CHANGE OF TITLE FOR THE SALMON FMP
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 16 USC 773 et seq; 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS is correcting the title of the Fishery Management Plan
for the Salmon Fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off
Alaska (FMP). This action is necessary to make the name of the FMP in
Federal regulations consistent with the actual name of the FMP as
approved by the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary). The intended effect
of this action is regulatory consistency, and it will have no effect on
any person fishing in the EEZ for any species.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 07/01/02 67 FR 44093
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
RIN: 0648-AQ10
_______________________________________________________________________
723. [bull] NOTICE OF CONTROL DATE FOR HAGFISH FISHERY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: At present, the hagfish fishery is not regulated under the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-
Stevens Act). The control date admonishes the industry that future
action to control the number of participants in the hagfish fishery is
being considered. It announces that anyone entering the hagfish fishery
after the control date will not be assured of future access, should a
management regime that limits the number of participants in the fishery
be prepared and implemented. Limited entry into the fishery may be
based on levels of participation or other criteria such as domestic
harvest capacity. The control date is intended to discourage
speculative entry into the hagfish fishery if controlled access schemes
are developed by the Council. This notice would establish the date of
its publication in the Federal Register as the control date. The
publication of a control date would not commit the Council to
developing any particular management regime or to using any specific
criteria for determining entry into the fishery. Any action by the
Council will be taken pursuant to the requirements for FMP development
established under the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 08/28/02 67 FR 55191
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AQ12
_______________________________________________________________________
724. [bull] REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO CORRECT THE DEFINITION OF ``ELIGIBLE
APPLICANT'' FOR A CRAB SPECIES LICENSE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action corrects paragraph (3) of the definition of
``eligible applicant'' for a crab species license. This paragraph is
designed to implement part of the License Limitation Program (LLP) for
the crab fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. A final rule
to implement the initial crab LLP was published on October 1, 1998 (63
FR 52642). As published in this rule, paragraph (3) incorrectly
included the word ``and'' between ``1993'' and ``1994'' in the
``eligible applicant'' definition. This error incorrectly made the
conditions for a certain crab species license more restrictive than
intended by the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council and NMFS and
inconsistent with crab species license criteria specified at section
679.4(k)(5)(ii)(G). NMFS corrected this error on September 12, 2000 (65
FR 54971).
Subsequently, NMFS issued a final rule on December 14, 2000 (65 FR
78110) to implement Amendment 4 to the Fishery Management Plan for the
scallop fishery off Alaska, which created an LLP for the scallop
fishery. The scallop final rule added clarifying subheadings to the
numbered paragraphs within the definition of ``eligible applicant'' and
in the process, repeated the regulatory text of each paragraph. The
regulatory text repeated for paragraph (3), however, was the original
incorrect text published on October 1, 1998, for the crab LLP. This
mistake likely occurred because, with respect to paragraph (3), the
scallop final rule relied on the text of the proposed rule for the
scallop LLP which was published on April 21, 2000 (65 FR 21385), before
the text was corrected nearly five months later on September 12, 2000.
Therefore, this action recorrects paragraph (3) to read as originally
intended and corrected to read on September 12, 2000.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 08/28/02 67 FR 55170
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NMFS, P.O. 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7221
Fax: 907 586-7249
Related RIN: Related To 0648-AM42
RIN: 0648-AQ36
_______________________________________________________________________
725. SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION REGULATIONS; FISHERY ACTIVITIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action Effective 09/03/02
Final Action 09/06/02 67 FR 56931
[[Page 74429]]
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Therese Conant
Phone: 301 713-1431
Fax: 301 713-0376
RIN: 0648-AP63
_______________________________________________________________________
726. ENDANGERED SPECIES; TRANSFERRING PERMITS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 224; 50 CFR 223; 50 CFR 222
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 09/13/02 67 FR 57970
Final Action Effective 10/15/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Lamont Jackson
Phone: 301 713-1401
RIN: 0648-AP64
_______________________________________________________________________
727. RULEMAKING FOR THE INCIDENTAL TAKING OF MARINE MAMMALS DURING
WORLDWIDE DEPLOYMENT OF THE U.S. NAVY'S LOW FREQUENCY ACTIVE SONAR
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216.101
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 07/16/02 67 FR 46712
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Kenneth R. Hollingshead
Phone: 301 713-2055
Email: ken.hollingshead@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AM62
_______________________________________________________________________
728. SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION REGULATIONS; SUMMER FLOUNDER FISHERY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223; 50 CFR 222
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 04/17/02 67 FR 18833
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Federal
Agency Contact: Therese Conant
Phone: 301 713-1431
Fax: 301 713-0376
RIN: 0648-AM89
_______________________________________________________________________
729. TAKING AND IMPORTING MARINE MAMMALS; TAKING MARINE MAMMALS
INCIDENTAL TO OIL AND GAS STRUCTURE REMOVAL ACTIVITIES IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/19/02 67 FR 19370
Final Action 08/01/02 67 FR 49869
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Kenneth Hollingshead
Phone: 301 713-2322
Fax: 301 713-0376
Email: ken.hollingshead@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AP83
_______________________________________________________________________
730. [bull] TAKING OF MARINE MAMMALS INCIDENTAL TO COMMERCIAL FISHING
OPERATIONS; ATLANTIC LARGE WHALE TAKE REDUCTION PLAN REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 229
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will amend the regulations that implement the
Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, specifically with regard to
the straight set of gillnets in the southeast U.S. restricted area in
waters off the coasts of Georgia and Florida. The intent of this
rulemaking is to prohibit straight sets of gillnets at night from
November 15 through March 31, annually to reduce the risk of
entanglement of large whales, including the western North Atlantic
right whale.
This rule was published on March 27, 2002, in the Federal Register
under RIN 0648-AN88.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 03/27/02 67 FR 14690
NPRM Comment Period End 05/28/02
Final Action 09/23/02 67 FR 59471
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Lawson, Office of Protected Resources,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2322
Email: patricia.lawson@noaa.gov
Related RIN: Related To 0648-AN88
RIN: 0648-AP93
_______________________________________________________________________
731. [bull] SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION REGULATIONS; RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE
TO SHRIMP TRAWL ACTIVITIES; LEATHERBACK CONSERVATION ZONE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 222; 50 CFR 223
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS is closing, for a two-week period, all inshore waters
and offshore waters out to 10 nautical miles (nm) (18.5 km) seaward of
the COLREGS demarcation line, bounded by 31 degrees N. lat.
(approximately St. Andrews Sound, Georgia) and 32 degrees N. lat.
(approximately Tybee Island, Georgia) within the Leatherback
Conservation Zone, to fishing by shrimp trawlers required to have a
turtle excluder device (TED) installed in each net that is rigged for
fishing, unless the TED has an escape opening large enough to exclude
leatherback turtles, as specified in the regulations.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 04/24/02 67 FR 20054
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patrick Opay, Sea Turtle Ecologist, Department of
Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-
West Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910
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Phone: 301 713-1401
RIN: 0648-AP96
_______________________________________________________________________
732. [bull] ATLANTIC LARGE WHALE TAKE REDUCTION; TEMPORARY AREA AND GEAR
RESTRICTIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 229
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS is implementing temporary restrictions consistent with
the requirements of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan's
(ALWTRP) implementing regulations. These restrictions apply to lobster
trap and anchored gillnet fishing gear in an area totaling
approximately 1,100 square nautical miles (nm2) (2,038.5 km2) in April
and 1,700 nm2 (3,150 km2) in May off Cape Ann, MA, for 15 days. The
purpose of this action is to provide immediate protection to an
aggregation of North Atlantic right whales (right whales).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 04/26/02 67 FR 20699
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Lawson, Office of Protected Resources,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2322
Email: patricia.lawson@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AP97
_______________________________________________________________________
733. [bull] SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION REGULATIONS; RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE
TO SHRIMP TRAWL ACTIVITIES; LEATHERBACK CONSERVATION ZONE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 222; 50 CFR 223
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS is closing, for a short 2-week period, all inshore
waters and offshore waters 10 nautical miles (nm) (18.5 km) seaward of
the COLREGS demarcation line, bounded by 32 degrees N. lat.
(approximately Tybee Island, Georgia) and 34 degrees N. lat.
(approximately Wilmington Beach, North Carolina) within the Leatherback
Conservation Zone, to fishing by shrimp trawlers required to have a
turtle excluder device (TED) installed in each net that is rigged for
fishing, unless the TED has an escape opening large enough to exclude
leatherback turtles, as specified in the regulations.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 05/01/02 67 FR 21585
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patrick Opay, Sea Turtle Ecologist, Department of
Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-
West Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-1401
RIN: 0648-AP99
_______________________________________________________________________
734. [bull] SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION REGULATIONS; RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE
TO SHRIMP TRAWL ACTIVITIES; LEATHERBACK CONSERVATION ZONE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 222; 50 CFR 223
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NMFS is requiring shrimp trawlers fishing in offshore
Atlantic waters west of 77 degrees 57.5 minutes W. longitude
(approximately Cape Fear, N.C.) and north of 30 degrees N. latitude
(just north of St. Augustine, Fla.) to use tirtle excluder devices
(TEDs) with escape openings modified to exclude leatherback turtles and
to restrict shrimp trawling to the hours between one hour before
sunrise to one hour after sunset.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 05/30/02 67 FR 37723
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patrick Opay, Sea Turtle Ecologist, Department of
Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-
West Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-1401
RIN: 0648-AQ06
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Completed Actions
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
_______________________________________________________________________
735. MANDATORY REIMBURSEMENT RULES FOR RELOCATION OF FEDERAL SPECTRUM
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 47 CFR 301
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 06/17/02 67 FR 41182
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Milton Brown
Phone: 202 482-1816
Fax: 202 501-8013
Email: mbrown@ntia.doc.gov
RIN: 0660-AA14
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_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Proposed Rule Stage
Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)
_______________________________________________________________________
736. RULES OF PRACTICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND
INTERFERENCES IN APPEALS UNDER 35 U.S.C. 134
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(B)(2); 35 USC 6; 35 USC 134
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.191 to 1.198; 37 CFR 1.959 to 1.981
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office proposes to
amend its rules of patent appellate practice to simplify proceedings
and to reflect changes in recent legislation.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Jeffrey V. Nase, Administrative Patent Judge,
Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, Commissioner of
Patents and Trademarks, Washington, DC 20231
Phone: 703 305-9797
Fax: 703 308-7953
Email: jeffrey.nase@uspto.gov
RIN: 0651-AB27
_______________________________________________________________________
737. CHANGES IN RULES OF PRACTICE FOR PATENT INTERFERENCES AND RELATED
PROCEEDINGS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 35 USC 2; 35 USC 3; 35 USC 6; 35 USC 10; 35 USC 22; 35
USC 23; 35 USC 25; 35 USC 32; 35 USC 41; 35 USC 135; ...
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1; 37 CFR 41; ...
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office will revise its
rules of practice in patent interferences to simplify the process and
to increase its flexibility and efficiency.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Richard Torczon, Administrative Patent Judge,
Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, Box Interference,
Washington, DC 20231
Phone: 703 308-9797
Fax: 703 305-0942
Email: interference.rules@uspto.gov
RIN: 0651-AB32
_______________________________________________________________________
738. CHANGES TO IMPROVE THE PATENT AND APPLICATION PROCESS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2)
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is
revising the rules of practice to improve the patent application and
examination process. For example, the Office is proposing: (1) changes
to facilitate the filing of applications and subsequent papers by
facsimile or electronic mail message over Internet; (2) changes to the
manner in which applicants bring pertinent information to the Office's
attention and how the Office uses that information; (3) limitation on
the number of claims that must be given a separate examination by the
Office; (4) changes to allow the Office to terminate proceedings or
application if the applicant refuses to prosecute the application with
reasonable diligence; and (5) changes that facilitate obtaining
information from the applicant to aid in the examination process, such
as what information is well known in the art, where support for a claim
is found in the written description, what priority application provides
support for each claim. These changes to the patent application and
examination process are necessary for the Office to be able to process
an ever-increasing number of applications within a reasonable time
frame.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Robert W. Bahr, Senior Patent Attorney, Department of
Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, Box DAC, Assistant Commissioner
for Patents, Washington, DC 20231
Phone: 703 305-8850
Fax: 703 305-6916
Email: robert.bahr@uspto.gov
RIN: 0651-AB50
_______________________________________________________________________
739. [bull] REVISION OF THE FEES FOR REQUEST FOR CONTINUED EXAMINATION
AND THE URAA TRANSITIONAL EXAMINATION PRACTICES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 35 USC 41, 2(b)(2)
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is
proposing to adjust the fee for filing a request for continued
examination in a patent application, and the fees for a submission
after final or for the examination of each additional invention under
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) transitional examination
practices in a patent application. The Office is proposing to adjust
these fees to be closer to the actual cost of providing the additional
examination given to an application when an applicant files a request
for continued examination, or a submission after final or a request for
the examination of each additional invention under the URAA
transitional examination practices.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Robert W. Bahr, Senior Patent Attorney, Department of
Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, Box DAC, Assistant Commissioner
for Patents, Washington, DC 20231
Phone: 703 305-8850
Fax: 703 305-6916
Email: robert.bahr@uspto.gov
RIN: 0651-AB53
[[Page 74432]]
_______________________________________________________________________
740. [bull] CHANGES IN TRADEMARK RULES OF PRACTICE IN INTER PARTES
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 1067; 35 USC 2(8)(2)(A)
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 2.120(a); 37 CFR 2.120(d) to (g); 37 CFR 2.120 (i)
to (j); 37 CFR 2.121 (a) to (b); 37 CFR 2/127 (e)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office proposes to
amend its rules of practice in connection with inter partes proceedings
before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to require initial
disclosure of certain information.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James David Sams, Chief Administrative Trademark Judge,
Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, ST-9A03, Trademark
Trial and Appeal Board, 2900 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202
Phone: 703 308-9300
Fax: 703 308-9092
Email: david.sams@uspto.gov
RIN: 0651-AB56
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Final Rule Stage
Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)
_______________________________________________________________________
741. COMPLAINTS REGARDING INVENTION PROMOTERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2); 35 USC 297; PL 106-113, sec 4001
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 4
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Patent and Trademark Office (Office) has added rules of
practice to implement the Office's procedures for accepting complaints
under the Inventor's Rights Act of 1999. The Act requires the Office to
provide a forum for publishing complaints concerning invention
promoters.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 01/20/00 65 FR 3127
Interim Final Rule Effective 01/28/00
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William R. Covey, Associate Counsel for General Law,
Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, DC
20231
Phone: 703 308-2000
Fax: 703 305-5907
Email: william.covey@uspto.gov
RIN: 0651-AB12
_______________________________________________________________________
742. ELIMINATION OF CONTINUED PROSECUTION APPLICATION PRACTICE AS TO
UTILITY AND PLANT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2)
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA) enacted
provisions for the continued examination of a utility or plant
application at the request of the applicant (request for continued
examination or RCE practice). Therefore, there no longer appears to be
a need for continued prosecution application (CPA) practice as to
utility and plant applications. Thus, the Office is eliminating CPA
practice as to utility and plant applications. An applicant for a
utility or plant patent may also continue to effectively obtain further
examination of the application by filing a continuing application under
section 1.53(b). Since RCE practice does not apply to design
applications, CPA practice will remain in place for design
applications.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 07/09/01 66 FR 35763
NPRM Comment Period End 09/07/01
Final Action 11/00/02
Final Action Effective 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Robert W. Bahr, Senior Patent Attorney, Department of
Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, Box DAC, Assistant Commissioner
for Patents, Washington, DC 20231
Phone: 703 305-8850
Fax: 703 305-6916
Email: robert.bahr@uspto.gov
RIN: 0651-AB37
_______________________________________________________________________
743. [bull] REVISION OF PATENT AND TRADEMARK FEES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 35 USC 41; 15 USC 1115; 35 USC 1051; 15 USC 1113; 15
USC 1123; 35 USC 2(b)(2); 35 USC 376; PL 105-358; PL 106-113
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.16 TO 1.21; 37 CFR 1.26; 37 CFR 1.445; 37 CFR
1.482; 37 CFR 1.492; 37 CFR 2.6
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, October 1, 2002, Final Action
Effective Date.
Abstract: This rulemaking revises certain patent and trademark fees to
reflect fluctuations in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) consistent with
PL 105-358, as amended by PL 106-113.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NRPM 05/17/02 67 FR 30634
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Matthew Lee, Financial Systems Analyst, Department
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of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, PK1-802, Washington, DC 20231
Phone: 703 305-8051
Email: matthew.lee@uspto.gov
RIN: 0651-AB51
_______________________________________________________________________
744. [bull] CHANGES TO IMPLEMENT PATENT-RELATED PROVISIONS OF UNITED
STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK REAUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEAR 2003
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 35 USC 41, 2(b)(2)
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office Reauthorization
Act, fiscal year 2003, includes changes to the patent fee structure as
well as the patent application examination process. Under the revised
patent fee structure and patent application examination process, the
United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) will not examine an
application for patent unless the applicant files a request for
examination and pays the examination fee in a timely manner. This
interim final rule implements these changes in the patent fee structure
and patent application examination process.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Robert W. Bahr, Senior Patent Attorney, Department of
Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, Box DAC, Assistant Commissioner
for Patents, Washington, DC 20231
Phone: 703 305-8850
Fax: 703 305-6916
Email: robert.bahr@uspto.gov
RIN: 0651-AB54
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Long-Term Actions
Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)
_______________________________________________________________________
745. CORRESPONDENCE FILED IN THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.1
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Michael Briskin
Phone: 703 308-2000
Fax: 703 305-5907
Email: michael.briskin@uspto.gov
RIN: 0651-AB17
_______________________________________________________________________
746. MADRID PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATION ACT RULES CHANGE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Mary E. Hannon
Phone: 703 308-8900
Fax: 703 872-9280
Email: mary.hannon@uspto.gov
RIN: 0651-AB45
_______________________________________________________________________
747. [bull] PROCESSING FEE FOR USE OF PAPER FORMS FOR SUBMISSION OF
APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 1113; 37 USC 9701
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 2.6(a)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office seeks to amend
its rules to require a $50.00 paper processing fee when a party submits
a paper instead of an electronically transmittable form available
through the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/12/02 67 FR 35081
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Craig Morris, Department of Commerce, Patent and
Trademark Office, Office of the Commissioner of Trademarks, Washington,
DC 20231
Phone: 703 308-3910
Related RIN: Related To 0651-AB47
RIN: 0651-AB52
_______________________________________________________________________
748. [bull] CHANGES TO REPRESENTATION OF OTHERS BEFORE THE UNITED STATES
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 500(a)
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1; 37 CFR 2; 37 CFR 10; 37 CFR 11
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
proposes to update the procedures regarding enrollment and discipline.
The office also proposes to replace the current USPTO Code of
Professional Responsibility, which is based on the Model Code of
Professional Responsibility of the American Bar Association, with USPTO
Rules of Professional Conduct, which are based largely on the Model
Rules of Professional Conduct of the American Bar Association.
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Harry I. Moatz, Director of Enrollment and Discipline,
Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, Commissioner of
Patents and Trademarks, Washington, DC 20231
[[Page 74434]]
Phone: 703 306-4097
Related RIN: Related To 0651-AB38
RIN: 0651-AB55
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Completed Actions
Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)
_______________________________________________________________________
749. RULEMAKING RELATED TO ELECTRONIC FILING OF TRADEMARK DOCUMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.4; 37 CFR 2.21; 37 CFR 2.56; 37 CFR 2.76; 37 CFR
2.88 to 2.89; 37 CFR 2.161; 37 CFR 2.166 to 2.168; ...
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 07/23/02 67 FR 36099
Final Action Effective 07/23/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Mary E. Hannon
Phone: 703 308-8900
Fax: 703 872-9280
Email: mary.hannon@uspto.gov
Related RIN: Merged With 0651-AB48
RIN: 0651-AB31
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Final Rule Stage
Technology Administration (TA)
_______________________________________________________________________
750. RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS MADE BY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND SMALL
BUSINESS FIRMS UNDER GOVERNMENT GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 35 USC 206
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 401
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule is issued to authorize the electronic reporting of
inventions and the filing of provisional patent applications.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 08/14/95 60 FR 41811
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period End 09/13/95
Final Action 06/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Karen Laney-Cummings, Acting Director, Technology
Competitiveness, Department of Commerce, Technology Administration,
14th & Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2100
Fax: 202 219-8667
RIN: 0692-AA14
_______________________________________________________________________
751. ACQUISITION AND PROTECTION OF FOREIGN RIGHTS IN INVENTIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: EO 10096; 15 USC 3710d
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 101; 37 CFR 501
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On August 7, 1996, 37 CFR part 101 was abolished and 37 CFR
part 501 expanded to cover foreign rights of inventions made by Federal
employees.
We are evaluating the comments received on the interim final rule and
will be making minor changes to the regulation.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 08/07/96 61 FR 40997
Interim Final Rule Effective 08/07/96
Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: John H. Raubitschek, Patent Counsel, Department of
Commerce, Technology Administration, HCHB Room 4613, 14th &
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-8010
Fax: 202 273-0607
Email: jraubits@doc.gov
RIN: 0692-AA15
_______________________________________________________________________
752. AMENDMENT TO RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS MADE BY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
AND SMALL BUSINESS FIRMS UNDER GOVERNMENT GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 35 USC 206
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 401
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, June 30, 2000, To provide for an
exception for support contractors.
Abstract: This would require certain contractors to assign their rights
if they make an invention under a Cooperative Research and Development
Agreement.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/11/00 65 FR 54826
Final Rule 10/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: John H. Raubitschek, Patent Counsel, Department of
Commerce, Technology Administration, HCHB Room 4613, 14th &
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-8010
Fax: 202 273-0607
Email: jraubits@doc.gov
RIN: 0692-AA18
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