[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Department of Commerce Semiannual Regulatory Agenda]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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Part IV





Department of Commerce





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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

April 2001 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 April and October 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 October 2000 
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 April 2001 regulatory agenda includes 
regulatory activities that are expected to be conducted during the 
period April 1, 2001, through March 31, 2002.

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 January 16, 2001, the Office 
of Management and Budget issued guidelines and procedures for the 
preparation and publication of the April 2001 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.

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 Export Administration, the Patent and Trademark Office, and the 
International Trade Administration, 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 for 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 April 2001 regulatory agenda follows.

 Alden Abbott,

Acting General Counsel.

                                   Office of the Secretary--Long-Term Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
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  Number                                                                                              Number
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310         Standards of Ethical Conduct--Department of Commerce Supplemental Regulations.......     0690-AA23
311         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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                                   Office of the Secretary--Completed Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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312         Civil Monetary Penalties; Adjustments for Inflation.................................     0690-AA31
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                                Bureau of Economic Analysis--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
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  Number                                                                                              Number
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313         Benchmark Survey of Selected Services Transactions With Unaffiliated Foreign             0691-AA41
            Persons--2001.......................................................................
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                                 Bureau of Economic Analysis--Completed Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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314         Change in Reporting Requirements for BE-577, Direct Transactions of U.S. Reporter        0691-AA37
            With Foreign Affiliate..............................................................
315         Change in Reporting Requirements for BE-82, Annual Survey of Financial Services          0691-AA38
            Transactions Between U.S. Financial Services Providers and Unaffiliated Foreign
            Persons.............................................................................
316         Change in Reporting Requirements for BE-93, Annual Survey of Royalties, License          0691-AA39
            Fees, and Other Receipts and Payments for Intangible Rights Between U.S. and
            Unaffiliated Foreign Persons........................................................
317         Change in Reporting Requirements for BE-11, Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment      0691-AA40
            Abroad..............................................................................
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                                    Bureau of the Census--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
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  Number                                                                                              Number
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318         Special Services and Studies by the Bureau of the Census; General...................     0607-AA24
319         Furnishing Personal Census Data From Census of Population Schedules; General             0607-AA25
            Requirements........................................................................
320         Furnishing Personal Census Data From Census of Population Schedules; General             0607-AA26
            Requirements........................................................................
321         Special Services and Studies by the Bureau of the Census; Fee Structure for Age          0607-AA27
            Search and Citizenship Information..................................................
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                                     Bureau of the Census--Final Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
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  Number                                                                                              Number
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322         Reporting Value on Shipper's Export Declaration for Inland Freight and Insurance         0607-AA29
            Charges.............................................................................
323         Reporting the Value of Repairs and Replacement Parts on the Shipper's Export             0607-AA30
            Declaration.........................................................................
324         Notation of the Shipper's Export Declaration Filing Exemption Statement on Manifest      0607-AA31
            Documents...........................................................................
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                             Economic Development Administration--Completed Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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325         Economic Adjustment Program--Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grants.......................     0610-AA62
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                                    General Administration--Final Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
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  Number                                                                                              Number
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326         Uniform Administrative Requirement for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of        0605-AA09
            Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofits and Commercial Organizations......
327         Public Information, Freedom of Information and Privacy..............................     0605-AA14
328         Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement)............................     0605-AA16
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                              International Trade Administration--Long-Term Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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329         Procedures for Conducting Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews of Antidumping and                  0625-AA51
            Countervailing Duty Orders..........................................................
330         Export Trade Certificates of Review (15 CFR 325)....................................     0625-AA52
331         Proposed Changes in the Insular Possessions Watch, Watch Movement and Jewelry            0625-AA57
            Program.............................................................................
332         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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                              Bureau of Export Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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333         Offsets in Military Exports.........................................................     0694-AC27
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                                Bureau of Export Administration--Final Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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334         Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations.............................................     0694-AB06
335         Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations; Additions to the Entity List....     0694-AB60
336         Exports and Reexports of Explosive Detection Systems; Expansion of Foreign Policy        0694-AB87
            Controls............................................................................
337         Definition Harmonization............................................................     0694-AC03
338         Export Administration Regulations: Support Documentation............................     0694-AC04
339         Exports and Reexports to Sudan......................................................     0694-AC05
340         Anti-Terrorism Controls on Iraq.....................................................     0694-AC06
341         Revisions to the North Korean Embargo Policy........................................     0694-AC10
342         License Exception CTP and PRC End-User Certificates.................................     0694-AC12
343         Expansion of License Exception GOV; Exports and Reexports to International               0694-AC15
            Organizations.......................................................................
344         De Minimis Expansion of Eligibility: U.S. Origin Software Incorporated Into Foreign      0694-AC17
            Made Retail Commodities.............................................................
345         Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations To Add Members of the Missile         0694-AC22
            Technology Control Regime...........................................................
346         Revision to the Export Administration Regulations: Replacement Licenses.............     0694-AC23
347         Revisions and Clarifications to the Export Administration Regulations...............     0694-AC24
348         Entity List: Additions and Revisions................................................     0694-AC28
349         Crime Control Items: Revisions to the Commerce Control List.........................     0694-AC31
350         License Exception AVS: Cuba, Libya, Serbia..........................................     0694-AC33
351         Clarifications to Part 753: Special Comprehensive License Requirements..............     0694-AC34
352         Chemical Weapons Convention: Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations.....     0694-AC35
353         Exports of Agricultural Commodities, Medicines and Medical Devices..................     0694-AC37
354         Entity List: Removal of Two Russian Entities........................................     0694-AC40
355         Implementation of the Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Items Revisions:            0694-AC42
            Computers; and Revisions to License Exception CTP...................................
356         Revisions and Clarifications to the Commerce Control List; Chemical and Biological       0694-AC43
            Weapons Controls; Australia Group...................................................
357         Implementation of the Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Items: Revisions to         0694-AC44
            Categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 of the Commerce Control List and Revisons to
            Reporting Requirements..............................................................
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                               Bureau of Export Administration--Long-Term Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
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  Number                                                                                              Number
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358         Transfer of Dual-Use Items From U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List....     0694-AA52
359         Administration of State Log Exports Ban.............................................     0694-AB25
360         Libya: Expansion of Foreign Policy Controls.........................................     0694-AB28
361         Change the Commerce Control List To Revise Controls on Communication Intercepting        0694-AB41
            Devices (Export Commerce Control Number ECCN 5A980).................................
362         Clarification of License Exception GFT (Humanitarian Donations).....................     0694-AB49
363         Revisions to Commerce Control List: Addition of Technology and Software Controls for     0694-AB53
            Certain Crime Control Commodities...................................................
364         Exports of Technology and Software; Release of Technology or Source Code to Foreign      0694-AB59
            Nationals in the United States......................................................
365         De Minimis Exclusion for Technology and Software....................................     0694-AB62
366         India and Pakistan Sanctions........................................................     0694-AB73
367         Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations; Country Groups D:1 and E:2;          0694-AB76
            License Exception TMP...............................................................
368         Expansion of License Exception CIV Eligibility for ``Microprocessors'' Controlled by     0694-AB90
            ECCN 3A001..........................................................................
369         Export of Technology and Software Through Electronic Transmissions, Downloads, and       0694-AB97
            Programmed Onto Hardware............................................................
370         SNAP: Simplified Network Application Process........................................     0694-AC20
371         Short Supply Controls: Crude Oil Exports............................................     0694-AC25
372         Revisions to Encryption Items.......................................................     0694-AC32
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                               Bureau of Export Administration--Completed Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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373         Revisions to EAR as a Result of the Addition of Brazil, Ukraine, and Latvia to the       0694-AB50
            Nuclear Suppliers Group.............................................................
374         Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention; Revisions to the Export               0694-AB67
            Administration Regulations..........................................................
375         Effect of Imported Articles on the National Security................................     0694-AC07
376         Exports to the Government of Serbia.................................................     0694-AC09
377         Reexports to Serbia of Foreign Registered Aircraft Subject to the Export                 0694-AC26
            Administration......................................................................
378         Exports to Eritrea and Ethiopia; Imposition of Foreign Policy Controls..............     0694-AC29
379         Exports to Serbia: Revision of Foreign Policy Controls..............................     0694-AC36
380         General Order Concerning Shaykh Hamad bin Ali bin Jaber Al-Thani, Gulf Falcon Group,     0694-AC38
            Ltd., and Related Parties...........................................................
381         Implementation of the Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Items Revisions:            0694-AC39
            Microprocessors.....................................................................
382         Implementation of Presidential Announcement of January 10, 2001: Revisions to            0694-AC41
            License Exception CTP...............................................................
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                         National Institute of Standards & Technology--Final Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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383         National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program.................................     0693-AB50
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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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384         Establish a Control Date for Permit Ownership; Sablefish Fishery....................     0648-AO97
385         Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Pelagic Longline Management......................     0648-AP13
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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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386         Fishery Management Plan for Tilefish................................................     0648-AF87
387         Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Fishery of Puerto Rico      0648-AG87
            and the U.S. Virgin Islands.........................................................
388         Amendments to the Observer Program - Amendment 47 to the FMP for BSAI Groundfish and     0648-AI69
            Amendment 47 to the FMP for GOA Groundfish..........................................
389         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..
390         Amend the Foreign Fishing Regulations To Implement the Provisions of a Pacific           0648-AJ60
            Insular Area Fishery Agreement......................................................
391         Establish ``Central Registry for Limited Access System Permits''....................     0648-AJ77
392         Regulatory Amendment To Update Regulations Governing the Operation of Regional           0648-AJ82
            Fishery Management Councils.........................................................
393         Regulatory Amendment To Develop a C. Bairdi Vessel Incentive Program................     0648-AK08
394         Regulatory Amendment To Allocate Pacific Halibut to the Charter Boat Fleet..........     0648-AK17
395         Regulatory Amendment To Require Mandatory Observer Coverage in the At-Sea Processing     0648-AK26
            Sector of the Whiting Fishery.......................................................
396         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............................
397         Adjustment of Management Program: Bottomfish Fisheries in the Hawaiian Islands......     0648-AK82
398         Revise Exempted Fishing Regulations To Specify Compensatory Fishing Under Exempted       0648-AK84
            Fishing.............................................................................
399         Regulatory Amendment To Prohibit Fishing by Vessels Over 50 Feet From Fishing for        0648-AL41
            Pelagic Management Unit Species Within 50 Nautical Miles of American Samoa..........
400         Amendment 14 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan................     0648-AL50
401         Regulatory Amendment To Implement a Limited Access Program That Requires Species         0648-AL65
            Endorsements To Participate in Fisheries Targeting Certain Groundfish Species.......
402         Regulatory Amendment To Fund Purchase of Limited Entry Trawl Permits To Reduce           0648-AL66
            Excess Capacity in Pacific Coast Groundfish Fleet...................................
403         Adjustment of Management Program: Crustacean Fisheries in the Western Pacific.......     0648-AL67
404         Regulatory Amendment To Allocate Lingcod and Bocaccio Rockfish Between Commercial        0648-AL69
            and Recreational Groundfish Fisheries...............................................
405         Fishery Management Plan for Calico Scallop Fishery in the South Atlantic Region          0648-AL78
            (FMP)...............................................................................
406         Comprehensive Amendment Addressing Sustainable Fisheries Act Requirements Regarding      0648-AL86
            Overfishing, Bycatch, Fishing Communities and Provisions for Fishery Management
            Plans for the Caribbean.............................................................
407         Crab Community Development Quota Reserves...........................................     0648-AL92
408         Amendments to Alaska Groundfish and Crab FMPs To Revise the License Limitation           0648-AL95
            Program.............................................................................
409         Regulatory Amendment To Reinstate 6000 Pound Trip Limit of Halibut in Area Northeast     0648-AL97
            of the Bering Sea...................................................................
410         Amendment 6 - Definition of Overfishing for Salmon Fisheries Off Alaska.............     0648-AL98
411         Fishery Management Plan Amendment To Revise CDQ Regulations.........................     0648-AM07
412         Amendment 10 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of        0648-AM23
            Mexico (FMP)........................................................................
413         Adjustment of Management Program; Crustacean Fisheries of the Hawaiian Islands;          0648-AM26
            Temporary Closure of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Lobster Fishery..............
414         Enhanced Measures To Mitigate Seabird Bycatch in the Alaska Longline Fisheries......     0648-AM30
415         Steller Sea Lion Conservation Measures for the BSAI and GOA Pollock Fisheries.......     0648-AM32
416         Alaska Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Amendment To Revise Improved Retention/        0648-AM39
            Improved Utilization Program........................................................
417         Amendment 67 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and the             0648-AM40
            Aleutian Islands area...............................................................
418         Regulatory Amendment To Change the Regulations Implementing the North Pacific            0648-AM44
            Observer Program....................................................................
419         Amendment 53 to the Groundfish Fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska Fishery Management        0648-AM51
            Plan................................................................................
420         Framework Regulatory Amendment for the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS)           0648-AM91
            Fisheries...........................................................................
421         Amendment 62 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian        0648-AM94
            Islands Management Area and Amendment 62 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Gulf
            of Alaska...........................................................................
422         Implementation of Western Pacific Community Development Program.....................     0648-AM96
423         Implementation of Western Pacific Coral Reef Ecosystem Fishery Management Plan (FMP)     0648-AM97
424         Adjustment of Management Program: Bottomfish Fisheries in the Western Pacific.......     0648-AM98
425         Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fisheries; Management of the Atlantic Blue Marlin      0648-AN06
            and White Marlin Recreational Fisheries.............................................
426         Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Spiny Lobster Fishery of the Gulf     0648-AN08
            of Mexico and South Atlantic FMP....................................................
427         Amendment 18 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf      0648-AN09
            of Mexico...........................................................................
428         Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Stone Crab Fishery of the Gulf of     0648-AN10
            Mexico..............................................................................

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429         Amendment 13 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management         0648-AN12
            Plan................................................................................
430         Amendment 10 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan....................     0648-AN16
431         Regulatory Amendment To Redefine Vessel Length Overall..............................     0648-AN23
432         Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Gulf of Mexico Closed Area.......................     0648-AN63
433         Annual Specifications for Fishing Year 2001 for Atlantic Herring....................     0648-AN65
434         Deep-Sea Red Crab Fishery Management Plan...........................................     0648-AN68
435         Recreational Measures for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries        0648-AN70
            for Fishing Year 2001...............................................................
436         Regulatory Amendment To Prevent or Mitigate the Take of Sea Turtles in the Western       0648-AN75
            Pacific Pelagic Fisheries...........................................................
437         Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan Amendment for the Pelagic Fisheries of        0648-AN76
            the Western Pacific Region..........................................................
438         Resubmission of Sustainable Fisheries Act Amendment Crustaceans, Bottomfish, and         0648-AN79
            Pelagics Regarding Overfishing Definitions and Bycatch Provisions...................
439         Generic Amendment Addressing the Establishment of the Tortugas Marine Reserves Under     0648-AN83
            the Fishery Management Plans of the Gulf of Mexico..................................
440         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)..................
441         Regulatory Amendment Modifying the South Atlantic BRD Testing and Certification          0648-AN86
            Protocol............................................................................
442         Fishery Management Plan for Sargassum Habitat of the South Atlantic (FMP)...........     0648-AN87
443         Revisions to Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for 2001......................     0648-AO20
444         Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Golden Crab Fishery Off the           0648-AO23
            Southern Atlantic States (FMP)......................................................
445         Regulating Bycatch in the Purse Seine Fishery and Establishing a Vessel Register in      0648-AO42
            the Eastern Pacific Ocean...........................................................
446         Adjustment of Management Program: Precious Coral Fisheries in the Hawaiian Islands..     0648-AO47
447         Amendment 11 to Fishery Management Plan for Shrimp Fishery of Gulf of Mexico (FMP)..     0648-AO51
448         Specifications for Fishing Year 2001 for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery..................     0648-AO53
449         Amendment 14 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management         0648-AO55
            Plan................................................................................
450         Regulatory Amendment to Address Inaccuracies in Current Northeast Fisheries              0648-AO57
            Regulations.........................................................................
451         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.....................................................
452         Fishery Management Plan for the Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery of the Atlantic,               0648-AO63
            Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico (FMP).................................................
453         Amendment 9 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan..................     0648-AO64
454         Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Reducing Possibility of Serious Injury and            0648-AO65
            Mortality of Right Whales by Operation of the Southeast Atlantic Shark Gillnet
            Fishery.............................................................................
455         Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fisheries; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Incidental Catch.     0648-AO75
456         Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Pelagic Longline Fishery; Gear Requirements......     0648-AO76
457         Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Exempted Fishing Permits Procedures..............     0648-AO79
458         Rulemaking to Establish a Vessel Monitoring System to the Pollock, Pacific Cod, and      0648-AO81
            Atka Mackerel Groundfish Fisheries in the BSAI and GOA..............................
459         Revision to the Restriction on Frequency of Limited Entry Permit Transfers and Other     0648-AO87
            Permit Updates in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery..............................
460         Notice of Determination of Noncompliance; Declaration of a Moratorium on Fishing for     0648-AO88
            American Lobster in Rhode Island State Waters.......................................
461         Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; Amendment of Foreign           0648-AO89
            Fishing Regulations.................................................................
462         Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Swordfish Quotas and Fishing Areas...............     0648-AO93
463         Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Trade Measures and Monitoring....................     0648-AO94
464         Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 2001 Bluefin Tuna Quota Specifications and Effort     0648-AO96
            Controls............................................................................
465         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..................................................
466         Amendment 13 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the       0648-AP03
            South Atlantic Region...............................................................
467         Regulatory Amendment Under the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper           0648-AP04
            Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (FMP) Regarding Use of Powerheads..............
468         Specifications for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries for           0648-AP06
            Fishing Year 2002...................................................................
469         Specifications for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery for Fishing Year 2002..................     0648-AP07
470         Specifications for the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries for            0648-AP08
            Fishing Year 2002...................................................................
471         Specifications for the Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries for Fishing         0648-AP09
            Year 2002...........................................................................
472         Framework Adjustment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Mackerel,         0648-AP12
            Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries.....................................................
473         Sea Turtle Monitoring and Conservation Measures for Nonshrimp Fisheries.............     0648-AE54

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474         Proposed Rule To Provide Regulations for Permits for Capture, Transport, Import and      0648-AH26
            Export of Protected Species for Public Display, and for Maintaining a Captive Marine
            Mammal Inventory....................................................................
475         Proposed Rule Governing the Issuance of Permits for Marine Mammal Photography.......     0648-AH31
476         Proposed Guidelines for Defining Serious Injury; Request for Comments...............     0648-AL44
477         Section 4(d) of ESA Protective Regulations for Johnson's Seagrass, a Threatened          0648-AL59
            Species.............................................................................
478         Rulemaking for the Incidental Taking of Marine Mammals During Worldwide Deployment       0648-AM62
            of the U.S. Navy's Low Frequency Active Sonar.......................................
479         North Atlantic Whale Protection.....................................................     0648-AM85
480         Swimming or Recreational Interaction With Wild Population of Marine Mammals.........     0648-AN43
481         Sea Turtle Conservation Regulations; Fisheries......................................     0648-AN64
482         Designated Critical Habitat: Proposed Critical Habitat for Northern California           0648-AO04
            Steelhead...........................................................................
483         Marine Mammals; Subsistence Taking of Northern Fur Seals; Harvest Estimates.........     0648-AO40
484         Captive Steller Sea Lions...........................................................     0648-AO61
485         Revision of Overflight Regulations..................................................     0648-AI91
486         Interagency Consultation for the National Marine Sanctuary Program..................     0648-AL06
487         Natural Resource Damage Assessment Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990..............     0648-AM80
488         Coastal Zone Management Act Consistency Regulations.................................     0648-AM88
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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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489         Consolidate the Rules for Spiny Lobster Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico and South          0648-AJ28
            Atlantic and Stone Crab Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico With 50 CFR 622...............
490         Guidelines for the Description, Identification, Conservation, and Enhancement of         0648-AJ30
            Essential Fish Habitat..............................................................
491         Adjustment of the Management Program for Precious Corals Fisheries in the Western        0648-AK23
            Pacific.............................................................................
492         Proposed Highly Migratory Species Process...........................................     0648-AK40
493         Amendment to Portions of Individual Fishing Quota Program Regulations...............     0648-AK50
494         Amendment 14 to the Pacific Coast Salmon Plan.......................................     0648-AL51
495         Rule to Prohibit Fishing and Anchoring of Fishing Vessels in the EEZ Seaward of          0648-AL93
            Navassa Island......................................................................
496         BSAI FMP Amendment 66 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and        0648-AM72
            Aleutian Islands Area...............................................................
497         Prohibit Use of Set Net Gear to Harvest Groundfish in Certain Portions of the            0648-AN03
            Exclusive Economic Zone Waters Seaward of California................................
498         Regulatory Amendment to Implement an At-Sea Observer Program on All Entry and Open       0648-AN27
            Access Catcher Vessels in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery......................
499         Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Spotter Aircraft.................................     0648-AN54
500         Distribute U.S. Allocations From the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization......     0648-AN60
501         Specifications for the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery for Fishing Year 2001..............     0648-AN66
502         Specifications for the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries for            0648-AN69
            Fishing Year 2001...................................................................
503         Specifications for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries for the       0648-AN71
            Fishing Year 2001...................................................................
504         Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Tunas Reporting and Allocations.........     0648-AN97
505         Atlantic Coast Horseshoe Crab EEZ Regulations.......................................     0648-AO02
506         Annual Framework Adjustment (Framework 14) for the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery          0648-AO07
            Management Plan for Fishing Year 2001...............................................
507         Regulatory Amendment to Modify the Management Program for the Western Pacific            0648-AO35
            Pelagic Fisheries to Mitigate the Take of Seabirds..................................
508         Amendment 13 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan -- Bycatch          0648-AO41
            Reduction/Reporting, Framework Changes to Annual Management Measures Process........
509         2001 Quotas for Purse Seine Fisheries in the Eastern Pacific........................     0648-AO48
510         2001-2002 Management Measures for Commercial, Recreational, and Treaty Indian Salmon     0648-AO49
            Fisheries Off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California......................
511         Omnibus Framework to FMPs for Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, Atlantic            0648-AO54
            Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish, Atlantic Surf Clam, Ocean Quahog, Spiny Dogfish, and
            Atlantic Bluefish Fisheries.........................................................
512         Modify American Lobster Regulations Under Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative         0648-AO58
            Management Act......................................................................
513         Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Announcement of the 2002 Groundfish Fishery            0648-AO69
            Specifications and Management Measures..............................................

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514         Emergency Interim Rule To Establish Harvesting Restrictions for the Dolphin and          0648-AO83
            Wahoo Fishery in the Atlantic EEZ...................................................
515         Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Large and Small Coastal Sharks; Commercial Quota      0648-AO85
            Adjustment..........................................................................
516         Recreational Measures for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries        0648-AO91
            for Fishing Year 2002...............................................................
517         Framework Adjustment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for The Summer Flounder, Scup,     0648-AO92
            and Black Sea Bass Fisheries........................................................
518         Announcement of the Optimum Yield and Harvest Limit for Pacific Sardines............     0648-AP00
519         Announcement of the Optimum Yield and Harvest Limit for Pacific Mackerel............     0648-AP01
520         Framework 36 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan..................     0648-AP05
521         Establish Measures to Address the Imminent Rapid Increase in Landings and to Halt        0648-AP10
            Overfishing in the Atlantic Red Crab Fishery........................................
522         Annual Framework Adjustment for the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan for Fishing         0648-AP11
            Year 2002...........................................................................
523         Policy for Review of Mandatory Conditions Developed by the Departments of the            0648-AO84
            Interior and Commerce in the Context of Hydropower Licensing........................
524         Establish Guidelines for Nonlethally Deterring Marine Mammals From Endangering           0648-AH19
            Personal Safety or Damaging Public or Private Property..............................
525         General Authorization for Scientific Research Involving Level B Harassment..........     0648-AH20
526         Implementation of 1997 MMPA Amendments Affecting Yellowfin Tuna Purse Seine Fishing      0648-AI85
            in the Eastern Tropical Pacific.....................................................
527         Draft Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts in Making Listing Decisions.....     0648-AL91
528         Sea Turtle Conservation Regulations; Summer Flounder Fishery........................     0648-AM89
529         Endangered and Threatened Species: Listing Status for White Abalone.................     0648-AM90
530         Regulations Governing the Approach to Humpback Whales in Alaska.....................     0648-AN29
531         Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Shock Testing the USS Winston Churchill Off       0648-AN59
            the U.S. Atlantic Coast.............................................................
532         Sea Turtle Conservation Regulations; Shrimp Fishery.................................     0648-AN62
533         List of Fisheries for 2001..........................................................     0648-AN92
534         Taking of the Cook Inlet, Alaska, Stock of Beluga Whales by Alaska Natives..........     0648-AO16
535         Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Operation       0648-AO24
            of a Low Frequency Sound Source by the North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory............
536         Endangered and Threatened Species; Threatened Status for One Evolutionarily              0648-AO86
            Significant Unit of Steelhead in California and Oregon..............................
537         Operations of Motorized Personal Watercraft in the Gulf of the Farallones National       0648-AK01
            Marine Sanctuary....................................................................
538         Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary; Tortugas Ecological Reserve.................     0648-AO18
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                       National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
539         General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries--Standard Definitions.....................     0648-AG46
540         Implementation of Data Collection and Reporting Requirements to the Fishery              0648-AJ75
            Management Plan for the American Lobster Fishery....................................
541         Regulatory Amendment To Allocate Pacific Halibut to the Halibut Subsistence Fishery.     0648-AK16
542         Fishing Capacity Reduction Program..................................................     0648-AK76
543         Halibut Bycatch Accounting for the Yellowfin Sole...................................     0648-AM76
544         Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirement Revisions to the Alaska Groundfish Fisheries     0648-AN01
            Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (ACOAR)..................................
545         Amendment 13 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan..................     0648-AN17
546         Amendment 1 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan.........................     0648-AN19
547         Amendment 14 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan..................     0648-AN20
548         Regulatory Amendment To Clarify the Alaska Groundfish Individual Fishing Quota           0648-AN21
            Program Appeals Regulations.........................................................
549         Amendment 63 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian        0648-AN24
            Islands Management Area and Amendment 63 to the FMP for the Groundfish of the Gulf
            of Alaska...........................................................................
550         Amendments to Alaska FMPs for Groundfish, Crab, and Scallop To Reduce Halibut            0648-AN26
            Mortality...........................................................................
551         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.............................
552         Fishery Management Plan for Northeast Skate.........................................     0648-AO10
553         Emergency Interim Rule for American Fisheries Act Regulations.......................     0648-AO14

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554         Multispecies Community Development Quota Program Bycatch Accounting.................     0648-AO26
555         Continue Closure of Two Mid-Atlantic Areas to Scallop Fishing.......................     0648-AO71
556         Implement Management Measures for the Pacific Cod Fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska,       0648-AO73
            the Bering Sea, and the Aleutian Islands............................................
557         Emergency Rule To Implement Steller Sea Lion Reasonable and Prudent Alternative          0648-AO82
            Under the November 30 Biological Opinion on the Alaska Groundfish Fisheries.........
558         Observer Program Electronic Reporting Requirements..................................     0648-AO90
559         Amendment 65 to BSAI Groundfish, Amendment 65 to GOA Groundfish, Amendment 12 for        0648-AO98
            Commercial King and Tanner Crab of BSAI, and Amendment 7 for Scallop Fishery Off
            Alaska..............................................................................
560         Interagency Policy on the Prescription of Fishways Under Section 18 of the Federal       0648-AO70
            Power Act...........................................................................
561         Final Rule To Amend Marine Mammal Regulations To Authorize Incidental Takings of         0648-AG80
            Marine Mammals by Harassment as Authorized by Public Law 103-238....................
562         Amend Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals..............     0648-AH83
563         Endangered and Threatened Species: Take of Threatened Southern Oregon/Northern           0648-AJ91
            California Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) Coho Salmon..................
564         Pacific Offshore Cetacean Take Reduction Plan.......................................     0648-AL70
565         Rule for Gear Modifications to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan.........     0648-AN88
566         Designate Critical Habitat; Designation of Marine Areas as Critical Habitat for          0648-AN89
            Pacific Salmon......................................................................
567         Endangered and Threatened Species: Permit Exemptions................................     0648-AO37
568         Endangered and Threatened Species: Permits: Suspension Criteria and Procedures and       0648-AO59
            Revocation Criteria and Procedures..................................................
569         Installing and Maintaining Commercial Submarine Cables in National Marine                0648-AO36
            Sanctuaries.........................................................................
570         Regional Marine Research Program....................................................     0648-AF20
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                       National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
571         Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Herring Fishery............................     0648-AI78
572         Amendment 59 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish in the Gulf of Alaska To      0648-AK74
            Close an Area.......................................................................
573         Rule To Implement Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic            0648-AK80
            Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries...........................................
574         Observer Funding Policy.............................................................     0648-AL08
575         Regulatory Amendment To Establish Program for Collection and Use of Fees in              0648-AL71
            Community Development Quota Program.................................................
576         PR/FR Vessel Monitoring System for Aleutian Island Atka Mackerel Fishery............     0648-AM34
577         Amendment 4 - Scallop License Limitation Program....................................     0648-AM42
578         Recreational Measures for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries        0648-AM46
            for Fishing Year 2000...............................................................
579         Quotas for the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery for Fishing Year 2000......................     0648-AM47
580         Observation Coverage Multispecies Groundfish and Halibut Community Development Quota     0648-AM53
            Fisheries...........................................................................
581         Simplification of Capital Construction Fund Rules...................................     0648-AM95
582         Antarctic Marine Living Resources; Vessel and Dealer Permits, Vessel Monitoring          0648-AN42
            Systems and Catch Documentation.....................................................
583         Notice of Determination of Noncompliance; Notice of Intent To Implement a Moratorium     0648-AN48
            on Fishing for Tautog in Rhode Island State Waters..................................
584         Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Implementation of 1999 ICCAT Recommendations.....     0648-AN52
585         Specifications for Fishing Year 2001 for the Atlantic Surf Clam, Ocean Quahog, and       0648-AN72
            Maine Mahogany Ocean Quahog Fisheries...............................................
586         2001 Harvest Guidelines for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Lobster Fishery.......     0648-AN77
587         Announcement of the Optimum Yield and Harvest Limit for Pacific Sardine.............     0648-AN78
588         Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Announcement of the 2001 Groundfish Fishery            0648-AN82
            Specifications and Management Measures..............................................
589         2000-2001 Gulf Group King Mackerel Catch Specifications Under the Fishery Management     0648-AN85
            Plan for Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South
            Atlantic............................................................................
590         Regulatory Amendment To Extend the Pacific Halibut Donation Program.................     0648-AN98
591         Annual Framework Adjustment for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan       0648-AO08
            for Fishing Year 2001...............................................................
592         Annual Framework Adjustment for the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan for Fishing         0648-AO09
            Year 2001...........................................................................

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593         Extend the Interim Observer Program.................................................     0648-AO25
594         Amendment 14 to the FMP for the King and Tanner Crab Fisheries - Opilio Rebuilding       0648-AO27
            Plan................................................................................
595         Amendment 15 to the King and Tanner Crab FMP - St. Matthew Blue King Crab Rebuilding     0648-AO28
            Plan................................................................................
596         Amendment 12 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan -- Overfished       0648-AO31
            Species Rebuilding Plans Procedural Framework.......................................
597         Notice of Determination of Noncompliance; Notice of Intent to Implement a Moratorium     0648-AO33
            on Fishing for Horseshoe Crabs in Virginia State Waters.............................
598         Notice of Determination of Noncompliance; Notice of Intent to Implement a Moratorium     0648-AO34
            on Fishing for American Shad in South Carolina State Waters.........................
599         Establish Control Date To Limit Use of Limited Entry Permits Owned by Owners of          0648-AO45
            Vessels Eligible for Benefits Under the American Fisheries Act......................
600         Establishment of New Control Date for Pelagic Fishery in American Samoa.............     0648-AO50
601         Modify the Scup Northern Gear Restricted Area in the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black     0648-AO56
            Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP)..............................................
602         Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Pelagic      0648-AO66
            Fisheries; Hawaii-Based Pelagic Longline Area Closure; Emergency Interim Rule.......
603         Implement American Fisheries Act (AFA) Cooperative Measures.........................     0648-AO72
604         Changes to the Area 2A Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for 2001, Sport Fishery        0648-AO80
            Regulations for 2001, and Annual Management Measures................................
605         Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Regulatory Adjustments for Blue Sharks...........     0648-AO95
606         Sea Turtle Conservation; Shrimp Trawling Requirements...............................     0648-AK66
607         Endangered and Threatened Species: Proposed Range Extension for Southern California      0648-AO05
            Steelhead...........................................................................
608         Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Harbor             0648-AO30
            Porpoise Take Reduction Plan Regulations; Changes to List of Exempted Waters........
609         Rule for Gear Modifications to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan.........     0648-AO60
610         Whaling Provisions: Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quotas (Bowhead Whales)..........     0648-AO68
611         Whaling Provisions: Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quotas (Gray Whales).............     0648-AO77
612         Revision of Federal Consistency Regulations Under the Coastal Zone Management Act...     0648-AD83
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                 National Telecommunications and Information Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
613         Mandatory Reimbursement Rules for Relocation of Federal Spectrum....................     0660-AA14
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                  National Telecommunications and Information Administration--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
614         Improvement of Technical Management of Internet Names and Addresses.................     0660-AA11
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                Patent and Trademark Office--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
615         Requirements for Registration to Practice Before the PTO in Patent Cases............     0651-AA93
616         Technical and Nontechnical Requirements for Registration To Practice Before the PTO      0651-AA95
            in Patent Cases, Disciplinary Rules, and Investigations and Disciplinary Proceedings
617         Patent and Trademark Office Acquisition Regulations.................................     0651-AB11
618         Procedures for Service of Process, Obtaining Evidence, Indemnifying Employees, and       0651-AB22
            Making a Claim Under the Federal Tort Claims Act....................................
619         Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Appeals        0651-AB27
            Under 35 U.S.C. 134.................................................................
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                                  Patent and Trademark Office--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
620         Revision of Patent and Trademark Fees for Fiscal Year 2002..........................     0651-AB01
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Patent and Trademark Office--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
621         Complaints Regarding Invention Promoters............................................     0651-AB12
622         Correspondence Filed in the Patent and Trademark Office.............................     0651-AB17
623         Study of Alternative Fee Structures.................................................     0651-AB24
624         Request for Comment on Preliminary Draft Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign          0651-AB25
            Judgments and Civil and Commercial Matters..........................................
625         Notification of Required and Optional Search Criteria for Computer-Implemented           0651-AB26
            Business Method Patent Applications in Class 705 and Request for Comments...........
626         Protection of Audiovisual Performances To Be Considered by the WIPO Diplomatic           0651-AB28
            Conference..........................................................................
627         Standard for Declaring a Patent Interference........................................     0651-AB29
628         Establishment of Database Containing Official Insignia of Federally Recognized           0651-AB30
            Native American Tribes..............................................................
629         Electronic Submission of Application for Trademark Registration and Other Documents.     0651-AB31
630         Changes in Rules of Practice for Patent Interferences and Related Proceedings.......     0651-AB32
631         Changes to the Time Period For Making Any Necessary Deposits of Biological Materials     0651-AB33
632         Development of Plan To Remove Patent and Trademark Classified Paper Files From           0651-AB34
            Public Search Facilities............................................................
633         Revision of Patent Corporation Treaty Application Procedure.........................     0651-AB35
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                                 Patent and Trademark Office--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
634         Changes To Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings................     0651-AB04
635         Revised Utility Examination Guidelines..............................................     0651-AB09
636         Revised Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 USC Section       0651-AB10
            112, Paragraph 1 ``Written Description'' Requirement................................
637         Simplification of Certain Requirements in Patent Interference Practice..............     0651-AB15
638         Madrid Protocol Implementation Act Rules Change.....................................     0651-AB16
639         Treatment of Misplaced Application and Patent Files.................................     0651-AB19
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                                 Technology Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
640         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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                                   Technology Administration--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
641         Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under      0692-AA14
            Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements............................
642         Acquisition and Protection of Foreign Rights in Inventions..........................     0692-AA15
643         Licensing of Government-Owned Inventions............................................     0692-AA17
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                                  Technology Administration--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
644         Promotion of Private Sector Industrial Technology Partnerships......................     0692-AA13
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_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                          Long-Term Actions


Office of the Secretary (OS)



_______________________________________________________________________




310. STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SUPPLEMENTAL 
REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: David Maggi
Phone: 202 482-5384

RIN: 0690-AA23
_______________________________________________________________________




311. NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, 
HANDICAP, AND AGE IN PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL 
ASSISTANCE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 8; 15 CFR 8b; 15 CFR 8c; 15 CFR 20

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/06/00                    65 FR 76460
NPRM Comment Period End         01/05/01


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Lawrence N. Self
Phone: 202 482-0625
Fax: 202 482-5375

RIN: 0690-AA30
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                          Completed Actions


Office of the Secretary (OS)



_______________________________________________________________________




312.  CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES; ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: PL 101-410; PL 104-134

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 6

Legal Deadline: Every 4 years, beginning October 23, 1996.

Abstract: This final rule is being issued to adjust each civil monetary 
penalty provided by law within the jurisdiction of the Department of 
Commerce (the Department). The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 
Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement 
Act of 1996, requires the head of each agency to adjust its civil 
monetary penalties for inflation no later than October 23, 1996, and at 
least once every four years thereafter. These inflation adjustments 
will apply only to violations that occur after the effective date of 
this rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    11/01/00                    65 FR 65260
Final Action Effective          11/01/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: James L. Taylor, Director for Financial Management and 
Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Department of Commerce, Office of the 
Secretary, HCHB Room 6827, 14th & Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-1207

RIN: 0690-AA31
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                        Proposed Rule Stage


Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)



_______________________________________________________________________




313. BENCHMARK SURVEY OF SELECTED SERVICES TRANSACTIONS WITH 
UNAFFILIATED FOREIGN PERSONS--2001

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 part 801 to 
provide for the conduct of the BE-20, Benchmark Survey of Selected 
Services Transactions with Unaffiliated Foreign Persons--2001. The 
existing rule covers a similar survey for 1996 which has been completed 
and which the new survey will update.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         07/00/01
Final Action                    09/00/01
Final Action Effective          10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

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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 Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 606-9807
Fax: 202 606-5318
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0691-AA41
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                          Completed Actions


Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)



_______________________________________________________________________




314. CHANGE IN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR BE-577, DIRECT TRANSACTIONS OF 
U.S. REPORTER WITH FOREIGN AFFILIATE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 806

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/18/00                    65 FR 78919
Final Action Effective          01/17/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: R. David Belli
Phone: 202 606-9807
Fax: 202 606-5318
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0691-AA37
_______________________________________________________________________




315. CHANGE IN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR BE-82, ANNUAL SURVEY OF 
FINANCIAL SERVICES TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN U.S. FINANCIAL SERVICES 
PROVIDERS AND UNAFFILIATED FOREIGN PERSONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 801

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/11/00                    65 FR 77282
Final Action Effective          01/10/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Agency Contact: R. David Belli
Phone: 202 606-9807
Fax: 202 606-5318
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0691-AA38
_______________________________________________________________________




316. CHANGE IN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR BE-93, ANNUAL SURVEY OF 
ROYALTIES, LICENSE FEES, AND OTHER RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR INTANGIBLE 
RIGHTS BETWEEN U.S. AND UNAFFILIATED FOREIGN PERSONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 801

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/13/00                    65 FR 77812
Final Action Effective          01/12/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: R. David Belli
Phone: 202 606-9807
Fax: 202 606-5318
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0691-AA39
_______________________________________________________________________




317. CHANGE IN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR BE-11, ANNUAL SURVEY OF U.S. 
DIRECT INVESTMENT ABROAD

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 806

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/18/00                    65 FR 78920
Final Action Effective          01/17/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: R. David Belli
Phone: 202 606-9807
Fax: 202 606-5318
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0691-AA40
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                        Proposed Rule Stage


Bureau of the Census (CENSUS)



_______________________________________________________________________




318. SPECIAL SERVICES AND STUDIES BY THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS; GENERAL

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 15 USC 1526; 13 USC 8

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 50.1(d)

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.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/01

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

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319. FURNISHING PERSONAL CENSUS DATA FROM CENSUS OF POPULATION 
SCHEDULES; GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 13 USC 8

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 80.1(c)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Chapter 1, part 80.1(c): Change the address from Pittsburg, 
Kansas 66762 to Jeffersonville, Indiana 47131.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: 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-AA25
_______________________________________________________________________




320. FURNISHING PERSONAL CENSUS DATA FROM CENSUS OF POPULATION 
SCHEDULES; GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 13 USC 8

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 80.1(g)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: 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.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/01

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-AA26
_______________________________________________________________________




321. SPECIAL SERVICES AND STUDIES BY THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS; FEE 
STRUCTURE FOR AGE SEARCH AND CITIZENSHIP INFORMATION

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 15 USC 1526; 13 USC 8

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 50.5

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: 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                            06/00/01

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-AA27
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                           Final Rule Stage


Bureau of the Census (CENSUS)



_______________________________________________________________________




322. 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 and 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 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                    05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Frank Korpusik, Regulations, Outreach, & Education 
Branch, Foreign Trade Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the 
Census, Room 3148, FB-3, Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301 457-2238
Fax: 301 457-3765

RIN: 0607-AA29
_______________________________________________________________________




323. 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

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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                    05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Frank Korpusik, Regulations, Outreach, & Education 
Branch, Foreign Trade Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the 
Census, Room 3148, FB-3, Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301 457-2238
Fax: 301 457-3765

RIN: 0607-AA30
_______________________________________________________________________




324. 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 notating 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 reference 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                    05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Frank Korpusik, Regulations, Outreach, & Education 
Branch, Foreign Trade Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the 
Census, Room 3148, FB-3, Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301 457-2238
Fax: 301 457-3765

RIN: 0607-AA31
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                          Completed Actions


Economic Development Administration (EDA)



_______________________________________________________________________




325. ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM--REVOLVING LOAN FUND (RLF) GRANTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 13 CFR 308; 13 CFR 314

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              01/18/00                     65 FR 2530
Interim Final Rule Effective    01/18/00
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      03/20/00
Final Action                    11/28/00                    65 FR 71022
Final Action Effective          11/28/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal

Agency Contact: Dayle M. Ginsburg
Phone: 202 482-4687
Fax: 202 482-5671
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0610-AA62
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                           Final Rule Stage


General Administration (ADMIN)



_______________________________________________________________________




326. UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENT FOR GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH 
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER NONPROFITS AND 
COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 14

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On November 29, 1993, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
Circular A-110, ``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and 
Agreements, with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other 
Nonprofit Organizations'' was published in the Federal Register (58 FR 
62992). In the published revised circular, OMB specified as ``required 
action'' that Federal agencies responsible for awarding and 
administering grants and other agreements to recipients described 
therein, shall adopt the language of the Circular unless other 
provisions are required by Federal Statute or exceptions or deviations 
are approved by OMB. This interim final rule adopts the provisions of 
the Circular and its language to the maximum extent feasible with minor 
language changes made to make the language apply specifically to the 
DOC and its operating units.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              09/04/98                    63 FR 47155
Interim Final Rule Effective    10/01/98
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      11/03/98
Final Action                    10/00/01
Final Action Effective          10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Elizabeth L. Dorfman, Acting Director, Office of 
Executive Assistance Management, Department of Commerce, Office of 
Administration,

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14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-4115

RIN: 0605-AA09
_______________________________________________________________________




327. PUBLIC INFORMATION, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; 5 USC 552 to 553; 44 USC 3101; 44 USC 3717; 
Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1950

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 4; 15 CFR 4a; 15 CFR 4b

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Department of Commerce plans to amend the regulations 
pertaining to the Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and 
declassification and public availability of national security 
information. The proposed rule contains new provisions implementing the 
Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendment of 1996, reflects the 
principles established by the President and Attorney General in the 
FOIA Policy Memoranda of October 4, 1993, incorporates updated cost 
figures to be used in charging fees, and streamlines and clarifies the 
present regulations at 15 CFR parts 4, 4a and 4b.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/31/00                    65 FR 34606
Final Rule                      04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: None.

Agency Contact: Andy McCready, Attorney Advisor, Department of 
Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-8044

RIN: 0605-AA14
_______________________________________________________________________




328.  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

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

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


International Trade Administration (ITA)



_______________________________________________________________________




329. PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING FIVE-YEAR (SUNSET) REVIEWS OF ANTIDUMPING 
AND COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 19 CFR 351

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              03/20/98                    63 FR 13516
Interim Final Rule Effective    03/20/98
Final Action                    10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Stacy Ettinger
Phone: 202 482-4618

RIN: 0625-AA51
_______________________________________________________________________




330. 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

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Vanessa Bachman
Phone: 202 482-5131
Fax: 202 482-1790

RIN: 0625-AA52
_______________________________________________________________________




331.  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 further 
clarifying the range of documents that may be needed for verification 
of the duty-free shipments of jewelry into the United States and by 
clarifying which wages qualify as creditable and which do not for 
purposes of calculating the duty-refund for watches and jewelry. The 
proposed rule would also amend the regulations by making minor 
editorial changes within the definition

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of ``new firm'' for watches. Finally, the proposed rule would amend the 
duty-refund process by dividing the amount of the duty refund allowed 
under the annual certificate of entitlement into two installments 
thereby helping producers receive benefits in a more timely fashion.

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Faye Robinson, Acting Director, Department of Commerce, 
International Trade Administration, HCHB Room 4211, Statutory Import 
Staff Programs, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-3526

RIN: 0625-AA57
_______________________________________________________________________




332.  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                       To Be                       Determined

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)                        Proposed Rule Stage


Bureau of Export Administration (BXA)



_______________________________________________________________________




333. OFFSETS IN MILITARY EXPORTS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: PL 102-558, title I, sec 124; 106 Stat. 4207; 50 USC 
app 2099

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 701

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) proposes to amend 
the National Security Industrial Base Regulations to refine current 
defense offset reporting requirements. These changes will allow BXA to 
more accurately address the impact of offsets on the defense 
preparedness, industrial competitiveness, employment, and trade of the 
United States. These changes will also further standardize the data 
collection framework, thus reducing the burden of reporting 
requirements on U.S. firms.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Brad Botwin, Director, Trade Analysis Division, 
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Room 3878, 
14th & Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-4060
Fax: 202 482-5650

RIN: 0694-AC27
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                           Final Rule Stage


Bureau of Export Administration (BXA)



_______________________________________________________________________




334. CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION REGULATIONS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: EO 13128; 22 USC 6701 et seq

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 Convention) and the Chemical Weapons 
Convention Implementation Act of 1998, requiring private facilities to 
submit information on certain activities involving toxic chemicals,

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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                      09/00/01

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 Export Administration, 14th & 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440

RIN: 0694-AB06
_______________________________________________________________________




335. REVISIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS; ADDITIONS TO 
THE ENTITY LIST

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; EO 11912; EO 12924; Notice of 
August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 2000); 30 USC 185; 10 USC 7429; 
50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 
USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c)

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
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of Export Administration, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AB60
_______________________________________________________________________




336. EXPORTS AND REEXPORTS OF EXPLOSIVE DETECTION SYSTEMS; EXPANSION OF 
FOREIGN POLICY CONTROLS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 
466(c); EO 11912; EO 12924; Notice of August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, 
August 8, 2000); 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC 7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 
50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 
...

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

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Kirsten Mortimer, Policy Analyst, Department of 
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-3856

RIN: 0694-AB87
_______________________________________________________________________




337. DEFINITION HARMONIZATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; EO 12924, 
59 FR 43437, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 917; EO 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 
1996 Comp., p. 228; Notice of August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 
2000); ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 772

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulation harmonizes the list definitions of terms 
found in the EAR with the list that accompanied the Wassenaar 
Arrangement list of dual-use items.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of Export Administration, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AC03
_______________________________________________________________________




338. EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS: SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; EO 12924, 
59 FR 43437, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 917; EO 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 
1996 Comp., p. 228; Notice of August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 
2000); ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 748

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule clarifies and organizes the sections in the Export

[[Page 25270]]

Administration Regulations that pertain to support documentation 
requirements for license applications.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of Export Administration, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AC04
_______________________________________________________________________




339. EXPORTS AND REEXPORTS TO SUDAN

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC 
7429; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139(a); 43 USC 
1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912; EO 12924; Notice 
of August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 2000); ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration 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 anti-terrorism controls.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Kirsten Mortimer, Policy Analyst, Department of 
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-3856

RIN: 0694-AC05
_______________________________________________________________________




340. ANTI-TERRORISM CONTROLS ON IRAQ

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC 
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912; 
EO 12924; Notice of August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 2000); ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration is amending the Export 
Administration Regulations to impose foreign policy controls on Iraq 
for anti-terrorism reasons.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Kirsten Mortimer, Policy Analyst, Department of 
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-3856

RIN: 0694-AC06
_______________________________________________________________________




341. REVISIONS TO THE NORTH KOREAN EMBARGO POLICY

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC 
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 42 USC 2139(a); 42 USC 
2139(a); 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912; EO 12924; 
Notice of August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 2000); ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On September 17, 1999, the President announced his decision 
to ease sanctions against North Korea. Under this new policy, most 
items subject to the EAR designated as EAR99 may be exported or 
reexported to North Korea without a license. In addition, BXA is 
changing the licensing policy for certain items on the Commerce Control 
List (CCL) destined to North Korean civil end-users from a policy of 
denial to case-by-case review. This regulation adds certain categories 
of items to the CCL for which a license will be required to North 
Korea. This easing of sanctions does not affect U.S. anti-terrorism or 
nonproliferation export controls on North Korea.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              06/19/00                    65 FR 38148
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      07/19/00
Correction                      06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Kirsten Mortimer, Policy Analyst, Department of 
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-3856

RIN: 0694-AC10
_______________________________________________________________________




342. LICENSE EXCEPTION CTP AND PRC END-USER CERTIFICATES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC 
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912; 
EO 12924; Notice of August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 2000); ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration is amending the Export 
Administration Regulations by revising License Exception CTP with 
respect to requirements for the People's Republic of China (PRC) End-
User Certificate.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

[[Page 25271]]

Agency Contact: Kirsten Mortimer, Policy Analyst, Department of 
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-3856

RIN: 0694-AC12
_______________________________________________________________________




343. EXPANSION OF LICENSE EXCEPTION GOV; EXPORTS AND REEXPORTS TO 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC 
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912; 
EO 12924; Notice of August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 2000); ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration maintains the Export 
Administration Regulations. This rule expands availability of License 
Exception GOV to allow certain exports and reexports to the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization and to the United Nations for those 
organizations' official use.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    08/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Kirsten Mortimer, Policy Analyst, Department of 
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-3856

RIN: 0694-AC15
_______________________________________________________________________




344. DE MINIMIS EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY: U.S. ORIGIN SOFTWARE 
INCORPORATED INTO FOREIGN MADE RETAIL COMMODITIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC 
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; EO 11912; EO 12924; 
Notice of August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 2000); ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) 
by allowing foriegn-made retail commodities that incorporate a de 
minimis, i.e., low percentage, value of controlled U.S. origin software 
to be considered ``not subject'' to the Export Administration 
Regulations (EAR) after: a one time report has been submitted to the 
Bureau of Export Administration (BXA); 30 days have elapse since 
receipt of the report by BXA; and BXA has not informed the submitter of 
the report of any objections to the report. The review will determine 
if the foriegn-made commodity meets the criteria for ``retail'' and 
verify the calculations of the de minimis value.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of Export Administration, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AC17
_______________________________________________________________________




345. REVISIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS TO ADD MEMBERS 
OF THE MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Notice of August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 
2000); 50 USC app. 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 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

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This final rule amends Country Group A:2, Missile Technology 
Control Regime (MTCR), to add the Czech Republic, Poland, Turkey, and 
Ukraine. Country Groups are used to identify groups of countries for 
ease of reference when stating license requirements, license review 
policy or eligibility for License Exceptions. These countries were 
recently admitted to the MTCR.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of Export Administration, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AC22
_______________________________________________________________________




346. REVISION TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS: REPLACEMENT 
LICENSES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 50 USC app. 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 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 748 to 750

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) licenses items 
subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) that are 
classified on the Commerce Control List (CCL) and require a license. 
The information on a license application is deemed to be a continuing 
representation of the existing facts or circumstances of the 
transaction. If a license application is under consideration by BXA, 
any material or substantive change in the terms of the order, or in the 
facts relating to the transaction, must be promptly reported to BXA. 
However, if a license has been issued and information submitted on the 
original license application has changed or will change, and these 
changes are not specifically excepted by the EAR, then the licensee 
must apply for either a new license or a replacement license to obtain 
prior authorization for these changes before exporting or reexporting. 
This rule clarifies the instructions for applying for a replacement 
license.

[[Page 25272]]

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of Export Administration, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AC23
_______________________________________________________________________




347. REVISIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION 
REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 50 USC app. 2401 et seq, 1701 et seq; EO 12924, 3 CFR, 
1994 Comp., p. 917; EO 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; 
EO 13026, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; ...

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 EAR by making certain revisions and 
clarifications and, in some cases, inserts material inadvertently 
omitted from previous rules.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of Export Administration, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AC24
_______________________________________________________________________




348. ENTITY LIST: ADDITIONS AND REVISIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 30 USC 185; 10 USC 
7430(c); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139(a); 43 USC 
1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912; EO 12924; Notice 
of August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 2000); ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) provide that the 
Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) may inform exporters, 
individually or through amendment to the EAR, that a license is 
required for exports or reexports to certain entities. The EAR contain 
a list of such entities called the Entity List. This rule makes 
additions, modifications and corrections to the Entity List.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of Export Administration, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AC28
_______________________________________________________________________




349. CRIME CONTROL ITEMS: REVISIONS TO THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC 
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912; 
EO 12924; Notice of August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 2000); ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations by 
expanding controls on restraint devices, such as handcuffs, and on 
discharge type arms, such as stun guns or shock batons. In addition, 
this rule modifies the license review policy to include consideration 
of whether there is civil disorder in the country or region or whether 
there is evidence that the government of the importing country may have 
violated internationally recognized human rights.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              09/13/00                    65 FR 55177
Final Action                    05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Kirsten Mortimer, Policy Analyst, Department of 
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-3856

RIN: 0694-AC31
_______________________________________________________________________




350. LICENSE EXCEPTION AVS: CUBA, LIBYA, SERBIA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 1701; EO 12924; EO 13026; EO 
12854; ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) 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              09/00/01

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 Export Administration, 14th &

[[Page 25273]]

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440

RIN: 0694-AC33
_______________________________________________________________________




351.  CLARIFICATIONS TO PART 753: SPECIAL COMPREHENSIVE LICENSE 
REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC 
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912; 
EO 12924; Notice of August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 2000); ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 - 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration administers the Special 
Comprehensive License (SCL) program to provide an effective export 
control mechanism for exporters who routinely ship to multiple end-
users. This rule amends the SCL provisions of the Export Administration 
Regulations (EAR) to conform with changes in the SCL licensing process 
and to provide SCL applicants and consignees with additional guidance 
on how to fill out the forms required to submit a license application 
or to request changes in their SCLs. This rule also creates two new 
elements for SCL Internal Control Programs. These new elements require 
the establishment of procedures for screening customers and items to 
ensure that SCL transactions conform with the antiboycott provisions of 
the EAR and with EAR provisions concerning entities involved in weapons 
of mass destruction activities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    09/00/01

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 Export Administration, 14th & 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440

RIN: 0694-AC34
_______________________________________________________________________




352.  CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: REVISIONS TO THE EXPORT 
ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC 
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912; 
EO 12924; Notice of August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 2000); ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) 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 CW reasons.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    09/00/01

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 Export Administration, 14th & 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440

RIN: 0694-AC35
_______________________________________________________________________




353.  EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, MEDICINES AND MEDICAL 
DEVICES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC 
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912; 
EO 12924; Notice of August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 2000); ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, February 25, 2001, Trade Sanctions 
Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000.

Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) 
to implement the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act 
(TSRA) of 2000. This rule also amends the EAR to reflect the 
comprehensive economic sanctions on Sudan, administered by the 
Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), 
pursuant to Executive Order 13067 issued on November 3, 1997.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Kirsten Mortimer, Policy Analyst, Department of 
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-3856

RIN: 0694-AC37
_______________________________________________________________________




354.  ENTITY LIST: REMOVAL OF TWO RUSSIAN ENTITIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401, 50 USC 1701, 42 USC 2139a, EO 12058; EO 
12924, EO 12938, EO 13026; ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 744

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) provide that the 
Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) may inform exporters, 
individually or through amendment to the EAR, that a license is 
required for exports or reexports to certain entities. The EAR contain 
a list of such entities called the Entity List. This rule removes two 
Russian entities from the Entity List: INOR Scientific Center, Moscow, 
Russia; and Polyus Scientific Production Association, 3 Ulitsa 
Vvedenskogo, 117342, Moscow.

[[Page 25274]]

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of Export Administration, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AC40
_______________________________________________________________________




355.  IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT LIST OF DUAL-
USE ITEMS REVISIONS: COMPUTERS; AND REVISIONS TO LICENSE EXCEPTION CTP

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401; PL 106-508; 50 USC 1701; EO 12924; EO 
13026; ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 743; 15 CFR 774; 15 CFR 
748

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On December 1, 2000, the Wassenaar Arrangement agreed to 
implement several changes in its List of Dual-Use Goods and 
Technologies. This final rule revises the CCL to implement certain 
recently agreed to changes in Category 4 (Computers) of the Wassenaar 
List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, specifically in the area of 
computers. These changes are being implemented to reflect rapid 
technological advances and controllability factors. Additional changes 
in other categories of the Wassenaar Dual-Use List will be implemented 
in the CCL in a supplemental regulation.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of Export Administration, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AC42
_______________________________________________________________________




356.  REVISIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST; 
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONTROLS; AUSTRALIA GROUP

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC 
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912; 
EO 12924; Notice of August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 2000); ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is amending the 
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement certain agreements 
reached at the October 2000 plenary meeting of the Australia Group 
Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Control Regime. The 
Australia Group (AG), a multilateral form consisting of 30 
participating countries (including the United States), maintains export 
controls on a list of chemicals, biological agents, and related 
equipment and technology that could be used in the production of 
chemical or biological weapons.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    05/00/01

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 Export Administration, 14th & 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440

RIN: 0694-AC43
_______________________________________________________________________




357.  IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT LIST OF DUAL-
USE ITEMS: REVISIONS TO CATEGORIES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 AND 9 OF THE 
COMMERCE CONTROL LIST AND REVISONS TO REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC 
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912; 
EO 12924; Notice of August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 2000)

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) maintains the 
Commerce Control List (CCL), which identifies those items subject to 
Department of Commerce export controls. This final rule revises certain 
entries controlled for national security reasons in Categories 1, 2, 3, 
4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 to conform with changes in the Wassenaar Arrangement's 
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.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of Export Administration, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AC44

[[Page 25275]]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                          Long-Term Actions


Bureau of Export Administration (BXA)



_______________________________________________________________________




358. 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
_______________________________________________________________________




359. 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

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Willard Fisher
Phone: 202 482-2440

RIN: 0694-AB25
_______________________________________________________________________




360. LIBYA: EXPANSION OF FOREIGN POLICY CONTROLS

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 746

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AB28
_______________________________________________________________________




361. 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 742

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James A. Lewis
Phone: 202 482-4196
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AB41
_______________________________________________________________________




362. 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AB49
_______________________________________________________________________




363. REVISIONS TO COMMERCE CONTROL LIST: ADDITION OF TECHNOLOGY AND 
SOFTWARE CONTROLS FOR CERTAIN CRIME CONTROL COMMODITIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774 Supplement No. 1

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AB53
_______________________________________________________________________




364. 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: Hillary Hess
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AB59
_______________________________________________________________________




365. DE MINIMIS EXCLUSION FOR TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE

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: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AB62
_______________________________________________________________________




366. INDIA AND PAKISTAN SANCTIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774

[[Page 25276]]

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

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Hillary Hess
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AB73
_______________________________________________________________________




367. REVISIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS; COUNTRY GROUPS 
D:1 AND E:2; LICENSE EXCEPTION TMP

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

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AB76
_______________________________________________________________________




368. 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

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Hillary Hess
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AB90
_______________________________________________________________________




369. EXPORT OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE THROUGH ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSIONS, 
DOWNLOADS, AND PROGRAMMED ONTO HARDWARE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AB97
_______________________________________________________________________




370. SNAP: SIMPLIFIED NETWORK APPLICATION PROCESS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 748

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AC20
_______________________________________________________________________




371. 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
_______________________________________________________________________




372. 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

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James A. Lewis
Phone: 202 482-4196
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AC32
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                          Completed Actions


Bureau of Export Administration (BXA)



_______________________________________________________________________




373. REVISIONS TO EAR AS A RESULT OF THE ADDITION OF BRAZIL, UKRAINE, 
AND LATVIA TO THE NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/09/01                    66 FR 18401

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AB50

[[Page 25277]]

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374. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION; REVISIONS TO THE 
EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/14/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Willard Fisher
Phone: 202 482-2440

RIN: 0694-AB67
_______________________________________________________________________




375. EFFECT OF IMPORTED ARTICLES ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 705

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    10/19/00                    65 FR 62599

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Steve Baker
Phone: 202 482-4060

RIN: 0694-AC07
_______________________________________________________________________




376. EXPORTS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF SERBIA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 746

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/14/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Hillary Hess
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AC09
_______________________________________________________________________




377. REEXPORTS TO SERBIA OF FOREIGN REGISTERED AIRCRAFT SUBJECT TO THE 
EXPORT ADMINISTRATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    07/27/00                    65 FR 46091

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Kirsten Mortimer
Phone: 202 482-3856

RIN: 0694-AC26
_______________________________________________________________________




378. EXPORTS TO ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA; IMPOSITION OF FOREIGN POLICY 
CONTROLS

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       12/08/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Kirsten Mortimer
Phone: 202 482-3856

RIN: 0694-AC29
_______________________________________________________________________




379.  EXPORTS TO SERBIA: REVISION OF FOREIGN POLICY CONTROLS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 18 USC 2501 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC 
7429; 10 USC 7430(c); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 42 USC 
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 11912; 
EO 12924; Notice of August 3, 2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 2000); ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This final rule amends the Export Administration Regulations 
by removing the additional license requirements imposed on Serbia in 
May 1999. However, a license is required for all exports and reexports 
by U.S. persons of any item subject to the EAR to persons listed 
pursuant to Executive Order 13088, as amended by Executive Order 13192 
of January 17, 2001. The persons subject to sanctions under amended 
Executive Order 13088 include Slobodan Milosevic, his family, his close 
associates, and those indicted for war crimes. These sanctioned persons 
are on the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons 
maintained by the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control and identified by the bracketed suffix initials [FRYM]. 
Controls are maintained under the EAR on arms and related materiel to 
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) consistent 
with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1160 of March 3, 1998.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    03/01/01                    66 FR 12845

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 Export Administration, 14th Street and Pennsylvania 
Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440

RIN: 0694-AC36
_______________________________________________________________________




380.  GENERAL ORDER CONCERNING SHAYKH HAMAD BIN ALI BIN JABER 
AL-THANI, GULF FALCON GROUP, LTD., AND RELATED PARTIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401, 50 USC 1701, EO 12924, EO 13026,

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 736, 15 CFR 744

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration is amending the Export 
Administration Regulations (EAR) by issuing General Order No. 3 which 
imposes a license requirement for exports and reexports of all items 
subject to the EAR that are on the Commerce Control List destined to or 
for: Shaykh Hamad bin Ali bin Jaber Al-Thani; Gulf Falcon Group, Ltd. 
located in Doha, Qatar; Air Gulf Falcon; Falcon Aircraft Maintenance 
Center; and Falcon Air Leasing. This order also prohibits the use of 
License Exceptions for exports and reexports of all items subject to 
the EAR that are listed on the Commerce Control List to these parties.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/07/00                    65 FR 76561

[[Page 25278]]

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of Export Administration, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AC38
_______________________________________________________________________




381.  IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT LIST OF DUAL-
USE ITEMS REVISIONS: MICROPROCESSORS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401, 50 USC 1701, 22 USC 3201,; 18 USC 2510, 
43 USC 1354, EO 12924, EO 13026; EO 12058, EO 12851; ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740, 15 CFR 742, 15 CFR 743; ...

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) maintains the 
Commerce Control List (CCL), which identifies those items subject to 
Department of Commerce export controls. This final rule revises certain 
entries controlled for national security reasons in Categories 3 
(Electronics) to conform with changes in the Wassenaar Arrangement's 
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). Other agreed upon revisions will be published 
in a separate regulation. The Wassenaar Arrangement controls strategic 
items with the objective of improving regional and international 
security and stability. This final rule revises the CCL to implement 
recently agreed changes to the Wassenaar List of Dual-Use Goods and 
Technologies in the area of microprocessors. These changes are being 
implemented to reflect rapid technological advances and controllability 
factors.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/09/01                    66 FR 18402

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: BXA will also be publishing a separate 
regulation to implement other changes recently agreed to the Wassenaar 
List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies. These revisions will include 
changes to ECCNs in Categories 1 (Materials, Chemicals, 
``Microorganisms,'' and Toxins), 2 (Materials Processing), 3 
(Electronics), 5 part 1 (Telecommunications), 5 part 2 (Information 
Security), 6 (Lasers and Sensors), 7 (Navigation and Avionics), and 9 
(Propulsion Systems, Space Vehicles and Related Equipment).

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of Export Administration, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AC39
_______________________________________________________________________




382.  IMPLEMENTATION OF PRESIDENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF JANUARY 10, 
2001: REVISIONS TO LICENSE EXCEPTION CTP

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401, 50 USC 1701, EO 12924, EO 13026; ...

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 748; 15 CFR 774

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is amending the 
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by revising License Exception 
CTP to reflect rapid technological advances in computing capability. 
This rule implements the President's sixth revision to U.S. export 
controls on high performance computers (HPCs), announced January 10, 
2001. License Exception CTP is revised by removing Computer Tier 2 and 
merging its countries into Computer Tier 1. All HPCs continue to be 
eligible for export to a Computer Tier 1 country under License 
Exception CTP. Additionally, HPCs with CTP up to 85,000 MTOPS can be 
exported to Computer Tier 3 countries under License Exception CTP, and 
beginning March 20, 2001, exporters will no longer be required to 
submit National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) advance notifications 
for HPCs with CTP exceeding 85,000 MTOPS. The NDAA advance notification 
will not be required for these computers, because exporters will be 
submitting a license for exports to Computer Tier 3 countries of HPCs 
with CTP exceeding 85,000 MTOPS. This rule also moves Lithuania from 
Computer Tier 3 to Computer Tier 1, effective May 19, 2001. The 
President's action will promote our national security, enhance the 
effectiveness of our export control system and ease unnecessary 
regulatory burdens on both government and industry.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    01/19/01                     66 FR 5443
Correction                      01/22/01                     66 FR 6465

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of Export Administration, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0694-AC41

[[Page 25279]]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                           Final Rule Stage


National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)



_______________________________________________________________________




383.  NATIONAL VOLUNTARY LABORATORY ACCREDITATION PROGRAM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 272 et seq

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 285

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Final rule implementing operating procedures for the National 
Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/07/00                    65 FR 66659
Final Action                    07/00/01
Final Action Effective          07/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: David F. Alderman, Chief, National Voluntary Laboratory 
Accreditation Program, Department of Commerce, National Institute of 
Standards & Technology, Stop 2140, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 
20899-2140
Phone: 301 975-4016
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0693-AB50
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                              Prerule Stage


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)



_______________________________________________________________________



NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE


                    ________________________________



384.  ESTABLISH A CONTROL DATE FOR PERMIT OWNERSHIP; SABLEFISH 
FISHERY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Pacific Fishery Management Council recommended that NMFS 
publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking, announcing a control 
date of November 1, 2000, regarding the proposed ownership 
restrictions. The Council also is proposing to restrict at-sea 
processing of sablefish except for vessels that can demonstrate fixed-
gear landings of at least 2,000 pounds of frozen sablefish from Council 
managed fisheries in 1998, 1999, 2000, and wants this announced in the 
advance notice of proposed rulemaking.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Donna Darm, 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-AO97
_______________________________________________________________________




385.  ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES; PELAGIC LONGLINE 
MANAGEMENT

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 regulations to extend the Charleston Bump time/
area closure for the year 2001 from April 30 to May 31. This rule is 
intended to regain some of the environmental benefits lost due to a 
prior delay in closing the area.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           04/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead, Acting 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AP13
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                        Proposed Rule Stage


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)



_______________________________________________________________________



NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE


                    ________________________________



386. FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR TILEFISH

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 FMP would manage tilefish (Lopholatilus 
chamaeleonticeps) in the EEZ along the Atlantic Coast north of the 
Virginia/North Carolina border to rebuild the stock.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         05/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/01
Final Action Effective          07/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AF87

[[Page 25280]]

_______________________________________________________________________




387. AMENDMENT 3 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 3 would restrict the use of gillnets, fish traps, 
and other gear in the reef fish fishery in the Caribbean exclusive 
economic zone.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Joseph Powers, Acting Regional Administrator, Southeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AG87
_______________________________________________________________________




388. AMENDMENTS TO THE OBSERVER PROGRAM - AMENDMENT 47 TO THE FMP FOR 
BSAI GROUNDFISH AND AMENDMENT 47 TO THE FMP FOR GOA GROUNDFISH

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: Amendments to FMP Amendment 47 to the Groundfish of the BSAI 
and FMP Amendment 47 to the Gulf of Alaska Groundfish to implement an 
observer program, replacing the interim Observer Program.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AI69
_______________________________________________________________________




389. 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

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 will establish NMFS permit/reporting requirements 
for pelagic troll and handline vessels fishing in waters off U.S. 
Pacific Island possessions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         08/00/01
Final Action                    09/00/01
Final Action Effective          10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, 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-AJ08
_______________________________________________________________________




390. AMEND THE FOREIGN FISHING REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS 
OF A PACIFIC INSULAR AREA FISHERY AGREEMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Amend the foreign fishing regulations at 50 CFR part 600 
subpart F to authorize foreign fishing under a Pacific Insular Area 
Fishery Agreement (PIAFA). Foreign fishing vessels fishing under a 
PIAFA would be authorized to fish in the EEZ around American Samoa, 
Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and other U.S. insular areas in the 
Pacific. Prior to the negotiation of a PIAFA, American Samoa, Guam and 
the Northern Mariana Islands must develop a three-year Marine 
Conservation Plan (MCP) detailing the use of funds collected under a 
PIAFA. A MCP must be consistent with relevant Fishery Management Plans. 
The Magnuson-Stevens Act further provides that fees received by the 
Secretary for foreign fishing under a PIAFA for American Samoa, Guam, 
or the Northern Mariana Islands shall be deposited into the United 
States Treasury and then covered over to the Treasury of the Pacific 
Insular Area for which the funds were collected.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: State

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-AJ60
_______________________________________________________________________




391. ESTABLISH ``CENTRAL REGISTRY FOR LIMITED ACCESS SYSTEM PERMITS''

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comments 
regarding establishment of 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

[[Page 25281]]

ANPRM Comment Period End        08/05/97
NPRM                            07/00/01

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AJ77
_______________________________________________________________________




392. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO UPDATE REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE OPERATION 
OF REGIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCILS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 5 USC 561

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Regulations governing the operation of the Regional Fishery 
Management Councils will be revised based on provisions in the 
Magnuson-Stevens Act. The revisions will clarify recent administrative 
and policy changes, as well as editorial changes for readability, 
clarity, and uniformity. The intent is to update Council regulations to 
reflect current policies and procedures.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead, Acting 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AJ82
_______________________________________________________________________




393. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO DEVELOP A C. BAIRDI VESSEL INCENTIVE 
PROGRAM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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: Develop a C. bairdi crab fishery vessel incentive program.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AK08
_______________________________________________________________________




394. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO ALLOCATE PACIFIC HALIBUT TO THE CHARTER 
BOAT FLEET

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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: Establish measures to manage the halibut charter boat 
industry off Alaska.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AK17
_______________________________________________________________________




395. 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                            05/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         06/00/01
Final Action                    07/00/01
Final Action Effective          08/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Donna Darm, 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
_______________________________________________________________________




396. 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. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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 the end of NPRM comment period.

[[Page 25282]]

Abstract: These FMP amendments would change sablefish use limits from 
percentages to quota share units; add a leasing provision to allow 
initial recipients of quota shares to lease 10 percent of their 
individual fishing quota pooled across all areas, with an option to 
restrict this allowance to the Bering Sea; and modify plan language to 
allow an individual who holds an initial allocation of quota share to 
hire a skipper to fish individual IFQ on a collectively owned vessel.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         06/00/01
Final Action                    07/00/01
Final Action Effective          08/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AK70
_______________________________________________________________________




397. 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 facilitate and enable 
adjustments to management measures governing bottomfish fisheries of 
the main and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Possible measures include 
area closures, harvest limits, size limits, season closures, and permit 
and reporting requirements, etc.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/01

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
_______________________________________________________________________




398. 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                            06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead, Acting 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AK84
_______________________________________________________________________




399. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT FISHING BY VESSELS OVER 50 FEET 
FROM FISHING FOR PELAGIC MANAGEMENT UNIT SPECIES WITHIN 50 NAUTICAL 
MILES OF AMERICAN SAMOA

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 regulatory action would prohibit fishing by vessels over 
50 feet from fishing for pelagic management unit species within 50 
nautical miles of American Samoa.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01

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-AL41
_______________________________________________________________________




400. AMENDMENT 14 TO THE PACIFIC COAST GROUNDFISH FISHERY MANAGEMENT 
PLAN

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 14 would link sablefish cumulative trip limits 
during the regular sablefish fishery to limited entry permits instead 
of to vessels. This linkage would allow limited entry permit holders to 
associate more than one limited entry permit with a vessel without 
having to combine those permits. A vessel attached to multiple limited 
entry permits would be able to pursue multiple cumulative trip limits.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         08/00/01
Final Action                    09/00/01
Final Action Effective          10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

[[Page 25283]]

Agency Contact: Donna Darm, 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-AL50
_______________________________________________________________________




401. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO IMPLEMENT A LIMITED ACCESS PROGRAM THAT 
REQUIRES SPECIES ENDORSEMENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN FISHERIES TARGETING 
CERTAIN GROUNDFISH SPECIES

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 interim final rule comment period.

Abstract: Regulations would implement species-specific permit 
endorsement requirements for commercial groundfish fisheries. Limited 
entry permit holders would be either allowed to or prohibited from 
landing those species, based on historic dependence on those species.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         01/00/02
Final Action                    02/00/02
Final Action Effective          03/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Donna Darm, 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-AL65
_______________________________________________________________________




402. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO FUND PURCHASE OF LIMITED ENTRY TRAWL 
PERMITS TO REDUCE EXCESS CAPACITY IN PACIFIC COAST GROUNDFISH FLEET

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 final rule comment period.

Abstract: Regulations would authorize Federal purchase of Pacific Coast 
groundfish limited entry trawl permits, under section 312(b) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, ``Fishing 
Capacity Reduction Program.'' Federal purchase of trawl permits would 
be considered a ``loan'' to the trawl fleet, which would be repaid by 
that fleet through a tax on groundfish landings by limited entry trawl 
vessels. The goal of this program would be to match effort within the 
fishery more closely with available resources.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         01/00/02
Final Action                    02/00/02
Final Action Effective          03/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Donna Darm, 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-AL66
_______________________________________________________________________




403. ADJUSTMENT OF MANAGEMENT PROGRAM: CRUSTACEAN FISHERIES IN THE 
WESTERN PACIFIC

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 regulatory action, under an amendment to the Western 
Pacific Crustaceans FMP, would add the EEZ waters off the U.S. Pacific 
Island Possessions and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as 
crustaceans management areas.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         12/00/01
Final Action                    01/00/02
Final Action Effective          02/00/02

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
_______________________________________________________________________




404. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO ALLOCATE LINGCOD AND BOCACCIO ROCKFISH 
BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL GROUNDFISH FISHERIES

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 interim final rule comment period.

Abstract: Regulations would set allocations of lingcod and bocaccio 
rockfish between the commercial and recreational fisheries for Pacific 
Coast groundfish.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         01/00/02
Final Action                    02/00/02
Final Action Effective          03/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

[[Page 25284]]

Agency Contact: Donna Darm, 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-AL69
_______________________________________________________________________




405. FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR CALICO SCALLOP FISHERY IN THE SOUTH 
ATLANTIC REGION (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: The FMP could include the following measures: (1) Definitions 
of management unit, MSY, OY, and overfishing; (2) requirement for a 
vessel permit to harvest or possess calico scallops in or from the 
South Atlantic EEZ; (3) designation of essential fish habitat for 
calico scallops; (4) prohibition on harvest of calico scallops in the 
area bounded to the west by 80 degrees W. longitude, to the north by 28 
degrees 30' N. latitude, to the south by 27 degrees 30' N. latitude, 
and to the east by the 100 fathom depth contour; and (5) requirement 
for use of transponders by calico scallop vessels.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/01

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, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AL78
_______________________________________________________________________




406. 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: This comprehensive amendment will amend the Caribbean Fishery 
Management Council's existing fishery management plans for queen conch, 
coral resources, spiny lobster, and reef fish to address the 
Sustainable Fisheries Act requirements regarding section 102 
definitions (e.g., overfished, overfishing), bycatch provisions, 
fishery impact statements, effects on fishing communities, and 
preventing overfishing and rebuilding overfished stocks.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/00/01

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, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AL86
_______________________________________________________________________




407. CRAB COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA RESERVES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Regulatory amendment to specify crab community development 
quota reserves by calendar year.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         06/00/01
Final Action                    07/00/01
Final Action Effective          08/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AL92
_______________________________________________________________________




408. AMENDMENTS TO ALASKA GROUNDFISH AND CRAB FMPS TO REVISE THE LICENSE 
LIMITATION PROGRAM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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: Amendment 60 to the BSAI Fishery Management Plan (FMP), 
Amendment 58 to the GOA FMP, and Amendment 10 to the King and Tanner 
crab FMP. Restrict license transfers, establish gear designation, 
remove exemption of CDQ vessels, and revise crab License Limitation 
Plan to establish recent participation requirements for qualification.

[[Page 25285]]

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice                          01/16/01                     66 FR 3501
NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AL95
_______________________________________________________________________




409. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO REINSTATE 6000 POUND TRIP LIMIT OF HALIBUT 
IN AREA NORTHEAST OF THE BERING SEA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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                            10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AL97
_______________________________________________________________________




410. AMENDMENT 6 - DEFINITION OF OVERFISHING FOR SALMON FISHERIES OFF 
ALASKA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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: Amendment 6 to the Fishery Management Plan for salmon 
fisheries in the EEZ off Alaska would define overfishing.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AL98
_______________________________________________________________________




411. FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN AMENDMENT TO REVISE CDQ REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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: Revisions to the CDQ regulations that would include: overage/
underage provisions, pooling, and removing species from CDQ; revise 
observer coverage requirements shoreside; crab CDQ regulations change 
to allow start in September crab management year instead of calendar 
year; change start date for CDQ trawl fisheries.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AM07
_______________________________________________________________________




412. AMENDMENT 10 TO 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: Amendment 10 would extend the FMP requirements for using 
bycatch reduction devices in shrimp trawls in the EEZ from Cape San 
Blas, Florida, east and south to the boundary line (in South Florida) 
between the areas of jurisdiction of the Gulf of Mexico and South 
Atlantic Fishery Management Councils.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

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, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AM23

[[Page 25286]]

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413. ADJUSTMENT OF MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; CRUSTACEAN FISHERIES OF THE 
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF THE NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 
LOBSTER FISHERY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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 temporarily close the lobster fishery 
around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as a precautionary measure due 
to uncertainty over population assessment model parameters. Possible 
regulatory changes could include closure of all or part of the fishery 
for one or more years.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         05/00/01
Final Action                    06/00/01
Final Action Effective          07/00/01

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-AM26
_______________________________________________________________________




414. ENHANCED MEASURES TO MITIGATE SEABIRD BYCATCH IN THE ALASKA 
LONGLINE FISHERIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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                            10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AM30
_______________________________________________________________________




415. STELLER SEA LION CONSERVATION MEASURES FOR THE BSAI AND GOA POLLOCK 
FISHERIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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: Implement Steller Sea Lion conservation measures, consistent 
with court order, for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Island and Gulf of Alaska 
Pollock Fisheries; Total Allowable Catch allocation system for outside 
critical habitat and east-western 170, overage/underage rollover 
provisions, revise trip limit regulations for western-central Gulf of 
Alaska, and additional pollock exclusion zones.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Emergency Interim Final Rule 
(Effective 01/20/2000 to 07/19/
2000)                           01/25/00                     65 FR 3892
Emergency Final Rule Effective 
Date Extended to 12/31/2000     06/12/00                    65 FR 36795
NPRM                            06/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         07/00/01
Final Action                    08/00/01
Final Action Effective          09/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AM32
_______________________________________________________________________




416. ALASKA GROUNDFISH FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN AMENDMENT TO REVISE 
IMPROVED RETENTION/IMPROVED UTILIZATION PROGRAM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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: Revise regulations implementing Improved Retention/Improved 
Utilization Program.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AM39

[[Page 25287]]

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417. AMENDMENT 67 TO THE FMP FOR THE GROUNDFISH FISHERY OF THE BERING 
SEA AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AREA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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: Amendment 67 will establish gear and Pacific cod species 
endorsements. This requires an additional species/gear endorsement on 
the License Limitation Program license of fishermen who wish to fish 
for Pacific cod with fixed gear.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AM40
_______________________________________________________________________




418. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE 
NORTH PACIFIC OBSERVER PROGRAM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         05/00/01
Final Action                    06/00/01
Final Action Effective          07/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AM44
_______________________________________________________________________




419. AMENDMENT 53 TO THE GROUNDFISH FISHERIES OF THE GULF OF ALASKA 
FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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 FMP amendment is to require full retention of demersal 
shelf rockfish to provide State of Alaska fishery managers an enhanced 
estimate of bycatch rates.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AM51
_______________________________________________________________________




420. FRAMEWORK REGULATORY AMENDMENT FOR THE ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY 
SPECIES (HMS) FISHERIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 16 USC 971 et seq; 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Framework regulatory amendment to the HMS FMP will adjust 
gear/permitting/reporting requirements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead, Acting 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AM91
_______________________________________________________________________




421. AMENDMENT 62 TO THE FMP FOR THE GROUNDFISH FISHERY OF THE BERING 
SEA AND ALEUTIAN ISLANDS MANAGEMENT AREA AND AMENDMENT 62 TO THE FMP FOR 
THE GROUNDFISH OF THE GULF OF ALASKA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: PL 105-277

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, January 30, 2000.

Abstract: Fishery Management Plan amendment to comply with the 
requirements of the American Fisheries Act by revising inshore/offshore 
directed pollock allocations and replacement requirements for eligible 
vessels.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/01

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AM94
_______________________________________________________________________




422. IMPLEMENTATION OF WESTERN PACIFIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action would provide guidance on implementation of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act provisions 
that establish the Western Pacific Community Development Program and 
announcement of eligibility criteria for participation in the program, 
including collection of fees for observer and reporting requirements, 
etc.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

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-AM96
_______________________________________________________________________




423. IMPLEMENTATION OF WESTERN PACIFIC CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM FISHERY 
MANAGEMENT PLAN (FMP)

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 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01

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
_______________________________________________________________________




424. 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, Final regulations to be published 
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.

Abstract: This regulatory action 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. Also, under an amendment to the FMP, the EEZ waters 
of the U.S. Pacific Island Possessions and Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana islands would be governed as bottomfish management areas.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/01

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-AM98
_______________________________________________________________________




425. ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES FISHERIES; MANAGEMENT OF THE 
ATLANTIC BLUE MARLIN AND WHITE MARLIN RECREATIONAL FISHERIES

Priority: Other Significant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead, Acting 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AN06

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_______________________________________________________________________




426. AMENDMENT 7 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE SPINY LOBSTER 
FISHERY OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND SOUTH ATLANTIC FMP

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 640

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published 
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.

Abstract: Amendment 7 would address issues regarding the impacts of the 
FMP's tailing permit provisions on State spiny lobster conservation 
efforts.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Joseph Powers, Acting Regional Administrator, Southeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AN08
_______________________________________________________________________




427. 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 conservation 
of grouper stocks in the Gulf of Mexico by establishing additional 
closed seasons and areas.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/01

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, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AN09
_______________________________________________________________________




428. 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

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Joseph Powers, Acting Regional Administrator, Southeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AN10
_______________________________________________________________________




429. 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.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End         02/00/02
Final Action                    03/00/02
Final Action Effective          04/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AN12
_______________________________________________________________________




430. 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. This action may replace or modify the current DAS reduction 
schedule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         01/00/02
Final Action                    02/00/02
Final Action Effective          03/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930

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Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AN16
_______________________________________________________________________




431. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO REDEFINE VESSEL LENGTH OVERALL

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 redefine and clarify the 
definition of vessel length overall.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         06/00/01
Final Action                    07/00/01
Final Action Effective          08/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AN23
_______________________________________________________________________




432. ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES; GULF OF MEXICO CLOSED AREA

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 issues a proposed regulation in accordance with 
framework procedures for adjusting management measures of the Final 
Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish and Sharks. This 
proposed regulation would prohibit all fishing for HMS within two areas 
in the eastern Gulf of Mexico that the Gulf of Mexico Fishery 
Management Council (Council) has identified to be important for 
spawning aggregations of gag, black grouper, and red grouper by 
eliminating bycatch mortality attributable to HMS fisheries. The 
intended effect of the closure is to support Council action to protect 
these gag/grouper spawning aggregations. This regulation would 
complement a similar regulation prepared by the Council that would 
close the two areas to all fisheries other than HMS fisheries. This 
action is not significant under the meaning of E.O. 12866 since it is 
below the economic threshold of impact, and has no novel or legal 
policy issues associated with it.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead, Acting 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AN63
_______________________________________________________________________




433. ANNUAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR FISHING YEAR 2001 FOR ATLANTIC HERRING

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 specifications for fishing year 
2001 for the Atlantic herring fishery. These quotas consist of an 
optimum yield, domestic harvest, domestic processing, joint venture 
processing, U.S. at-sea processing and a total allowable level of 
foreign fishing.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         05/00/01
Final Action                    06/00/01
Final Action Effective          06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AN65
_______________________________________________________________________




434. 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 address major current and potential issues in the 
fishery.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End         02/00/02
Final Action                    02/00/02
Final Action Effective          03/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AN68
_______________________________________________________________________




435. RECREATIONAL MEASURES FOR THE SUMMER FLOUNDER, SCUP, AND BLACK SEA 
BASS FISHERIES FOR FISHING YEAR 2001

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 the possession limit, size limit, 
and other management measures for the

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recreational fisheries for fishing year 2001.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         05/00/01
Final Action                    06/00/01
Final Action Effective          06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AN70
_______________________________________________________________________




436. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO PREVENT OR MITIGATE THE TAKE OF SEA TURTLES 
IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC PELAGIC FISHERIES

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 regulatory action would modify the management program 
for the western Pacific pelagic fisheries to mitigate or prevent the 
take of sea turtles.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  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-AN75
_______________________________________________________________________




437. 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                            10/00/01

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
_______________________________________________________________________




438. RESUBMISSION OF SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES ACT AMENDMENT CRUSTACEANS, 
BOTTOMFISH, AND PELAGICS REGARDING OVERFISHING DEFINITIONS AND BYCATCH 
PROVISIONS

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 action would bring these FMPs into compliance with the 
Sustainable Fisheries Act regarding previously disapproved overfishing 
definitions and bycatch provisions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/01

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-AN79
_______________________________________________________________________




439. GENERIC AMENDMENT ADDRESSING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TORTUGAS 
MARINE RESERVES UNDER THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANS 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: The Generic Tortugas Amendment would amend the Gulf of Mexico 
Fishery Management Council's fishery management plans to establish the 
portion of the Tortugas North ecological reserve that falls within the 
Gulf of Mexico EEZ and to establish the Tortugas South Ecological 
Reserve, which resides entirely within the EEZ and includes Riley's 
Hump (a fish spawning aggregation site). Fishing for any species, 
including Atlantic highly migratory species, would be prohibited within 
these marine reserves. Additionally, anchoring by fishing vessels would 
be prohibited within the marine reserves. Along with regulations issued 
by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (under NOAA's National 
Ocean Service), the Generic Tortugas Amendment would protect unique and 
valuable reef resources.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

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, 9721

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Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AN83
_______________________________________________________________________




440. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

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, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AN84
_______________________________________________________________________




441. REGULATORY AMENDMENT MODIFYING THE SOUTH ATLANTIC BRD TESTING AND 
CERTIFICATION PROTOCOL

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 framework procedure of the Fishery 
Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic Region, 
the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council proposes to modify the 
data collection procedures and statistical tests used to certify BRDs 
for use in the Shrimp Fishery. The regulation would provide additional 
flexibility in the sampling procedures to facilitate meeting the 
protocol's requirements while maintaining the scientific and 
statistical credibility in achieving the established bycatch reduction 
criterion.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

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, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AN86
_______________________________________________________________________




442. FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SARGASSUM HABITAT OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC 
(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: 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/01

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, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AN87
_______________________________________________________________________




443. REVISIONS TO RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR 2001

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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 the end of NPRM comment period.

Abstract: Revise regulations for the recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements for the year 2001; to make the regulations more user-
friendly; to make technical edits and clarifications to existing 
requirements, standardization of text, removal of duplication, and 
creation of table formats to replace complicated numbered paragraphs, 
revisions and corrections to the text, figures, and tables; and removal 
of outdated text.
Revise logbook and reporting form formats, including revisions to the 
combined International Pacific Halibut Commission/NMFS groundfish/ 
Individual Fishing Quota catcher vessel and catcher/processor logbooks 
by adding a new data field to indicate the type of seabird device used 
when fishing with hook-and-line gear; addition of new observer fields 
and an additional logsheet will be incorporated into each logbook for 
use by the observer, and addition of new management block on all 
logbooks and forms to describe fishery program plan (e.g., Community 
Development Quota, and the American Fisheries Act).

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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AO20
_______________________________________________________________________




444. AMENDMENT 3 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE GOLDEN CRAB 
FISHERY OFF THE SOUTHERN ATLANTIC STATES (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: Amendment 3 would: (1) extend the use of cable for main lines 
through December 31, 2002; (2) require that escape panel or doors on 
traps must measure at least 11 7/8 inches by 11 7/8 inches; (3) remove 
the 5,000 pound harvest requirement for renewing the biannual permit; 
(4) allow up to a 20 percent increase in vessel size from the vessel 
size on the original permit; (5) create a sub-zone within the southern 
zone for smaller vessels, as agreed to by the affected fishermen; (6) 
allow two new vessels to be permitted to fish only in the northern 
zone; (7) specify MSY, OY, and status determination criteria; and (8) 
modify the FMP framework procedure to allow modifications to the 
subzone.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

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, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AO23
_______________________________________________________________________




445. REGULATING BYCATCH IN THE PURSE SEINE FISHERY AND ESTABLISHING A 
VESSEL REGISTER IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 955 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would implement the conservation and management 
measures recommended by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission 
(IATTC) and approved by the Department of State to reduce bycatch in 
the tuna purse seine fisheries conducted in the Eastern Pacific Ocean 
(EPO). The rule would also establish reporting requirements so that the 
United States can provide the IATTC information on U.S. vessels that 
fish for tuna in the area of competence of the IATTC. Among measures 
recommended in 2000 is a regional vessel registry, with specification 
of vessel information to be provided. Currently, United States and 
State licensing programs do not generate all the required information, 
so new rulemaking is required to ensure that the United States can meet 
its obligations to the IATTC.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/30/01                    66 FR 17387
NPRM Comment Period End         04/30/01
Final Action                    07/00/01
Final Action Effective          08/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Dr. Rebecca Lent, Regional Administrator, Southwest 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Suite 4200, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 
90802-4213
Phone: 562 980-4001

RIN: 0648-AO42
_______________________________________________________________________




446. ADJUSTMENT OF MANAGEMENT PROGRAM: PRECIOUS CORAL 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 end of NPRM comment period.

Abstract: This FMP amendment 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 reporting 
requirements for harvesters in this area.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         12/00/01
Final Action                    01/00/02
Final Action Effective          02/00/02

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
_______________________________________________________________________




447. AMENDMENT 11 TO FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SHRIMP FISHERY OF 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: Amendment 11 would require vessels using shrimp trawls in the 
Gulf of Mexico EEZ to obtain Federal permits for the purposes of 
identifying vessels and reporting and describe permit qualification 
criteria

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and permit application, issuance, and transferability requirements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

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, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AO51
_______________________________________________________________________




448. SPECIFICATIONS FOR FISHING YEAR 2001 FOR THE SPINY DOGFISH FISHERY

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: The annual specifications for spiny dogfish would implement a 
coastwide quota and management measures to achieve a target fishing 
mortality rate specified in the Spiny Dogfish FMP.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         04/00/01
Final Action                    04/00/01
Final Action Effective          05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AO53
_______________________________________________________________________




449. AMENDMENT 14 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 the end of the NPRM comment period.

Abstract: Amendment 14 is being developed to modify the quota 
allocations and monitoring, the permit issuance regulations, and 
establish trap/pot restrictions for the black sea bass fishery. In 
addition, this action may include additional management measures for 
scup and summer flounder.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         10/00/01
Final Action                    12/00/01
Final Action Effective          01/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AO55
_______________________________________________________________________




450. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO ADDRESS INACCURACIES IN CURRENT NORTHEAST 
FISHERIES REGULATIONS

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 amendment would modify the current regulations for the 
fisheries of the northeastern United States to fix problems and 
inaccuracies that have resulted from numerous regulatory changes.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         05/00/01
Final Action                    06/00/01
Final Action Effective          07/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AO57
_______________________________________________________________________




451. 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

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: These amendments to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the 
Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and to the FMP for the 
Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South 
Atlantic would impose additional measures limiting entry into the 
recreational-for-hire (i.e., charter vessel and headboat) fisheries for 
reef fish and coastal migratory pelagic fish (e.g., king and Spanish 
mackerel) in the exclusive economic zone of the Gulf of Mexico. NMFS 
published an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking announcing that the 
Council was considering November 18, 1999, as a possible control date 
for this action (63 FR 64031). The FMP amendments would address the 
issue of the recreational sectors exceeding their annual allocations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

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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, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AO62
_______________________________________________________________________




452. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/01

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, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AO63
_______________________________________________________________________




453. AMENDMENT 9 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: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published 
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.

Abstract: Amendment 9 would define maximum sustainable yield for market 
squid, and address bycatch provision requirements of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The amendment also 
addresses Indian treaty rights in the coastal pelagic species 
fisheries.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/30/01                    66 FR 17395
NPRM Comment Period End         05/14/01
Final Action                    07/00/01
Final Action Effective          08/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Dr. Rebecca Lent, Regional Administrator, Southwest 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Suite 4200, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 
90802-4213
Phone: 562 980-4001

RIN: 0648-AO64
_______________________________________________________________________




454. ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES; REDUCING POSSIBILITY OF SERIOUS 
INJURY AND MORTALITY OF RIGHT WHALES BY OPERATION OF THE SOUTHEAST 
ATLANTIC SHARK GILLNET FISHERY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 971 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule would prohibit all fishermen who possess a 
valid Federal directed shark permit from leaving port with a shark 
gillnet on board without reporting to NMFS via an approved vessel 
monitoring system unit. This would allow NMFS to enforce existing 
closed critical habitat regulations off the coast of Florida during 
right whale season (November 15 through March 31).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead, Acting 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO65
_______________________________________________________________________




455.  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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           11/17/00                    65 FR 69492
ANPRM Comment Period End        12/14/00
Comment Period Extended         01/16/01
NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead, Acting Director, Office of 
Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 
20910

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Phone: 301 713-2334
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO75
_______________________________________________________________________




456.  ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES; PELAGIC LONGLINE 
FISHERY; GEAR REQUIREMENTS

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 will issue a proposed rule that would require the 
possession and use of line clippers on board all pelagic longline 
vessels that have been issued Federal highly migratory species permits. 
These gear requirements would allow captains, crew members, and 
observers to disengage sea turtles hooked or entangled by longline 
fishing gear. The proposed rule would require the use of specific 
methods for the handling, resuscitating, and releasing of sea turtles. 
The intended effect of the proposed measures is to minimize the 
mortality of, or injury to, sea turtles hooked or entangled by longline 
gear.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead, Acting 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO76
_______________________________________________________________________




457.  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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead, Acting 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO79
_______________________________________________________________________




458.  RULEMAKING TO ESTABLISH A VESSEL MONITORING SYSTEM TO THE 
POLLOCK, PACIFIC COD, AND ATKA MACKEREL GROUNDFISH FISHERIES IN THE BSAI 
AND GOA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulation to be published 
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.

Abstract: Establish rulemaking to require the installation and use of a 
vessel monitoring system (VMS) on catcher/processors, motherships, and 
catcher vessels participating in the directed fisheries for pollock, 
Pacific cod, or Atka mackerel in the BSAI and GOA. The VMS would 
provide NMFS with accurate and timely information about the vessels' 
location, necessary to manage catch limits inside Steller sea lion 
critical habitat areas and to monitor fishing activities when these 
areas are closed.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         05/00/01
Final Action Effective          06/00/01
Final Action                    07/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AO81
_______________________________________________________________________




459.  REVISION TO THE RESTRICTION ON FREQUENCY OF LIMITED ENTRY 
PERMIT TRANSFERS AND OTHER PERMIT UPDATES IN THE PACIFIC COAST 
GROUNDFISH FISHERY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Regulations would change the restriction on frequency of 
permit transfers to allow transfers once per calendar year, rather than 
once every 12 months. Allowing permit transfers once per calendar year 
will accomplish the same effort limitation, yet give permit holders a 
bit more flexibility in when they make permit transfers. Regulations 
would also include ``housekeeping'' changes to: (1) apply the 
restriction on frequency of transfers only when a permit is transferred 
from one vessel to another vessel, rather than one permit holder to 
another permit holder, and (2) clarify in the regulations the documents 
needed to make a permit transfer.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Donna Darm, 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-AO87

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460.  NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF NONCOMPLIANCE; DECLARATION OF A 
MORATORIUM ON FISHING FOR AMERICAN LOBSTER IN RHODE ISLAND STATE WATERS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 5101 et seq

CFR Citation: None

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In accordance with the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative 
Management Act (Act) 16 U.S.C. et seq., NMFS, upon a delegation of 
authority from the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), has determined 
that the State of Rhode Island is not in compliance with Amendment 3 to 
the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (Commission) 
Interstate Fishery Management Plan (IFSMP) for American lobster, 
because the State has failed to implement and enforce a measure that is 
necessary for the conservation of American lobster. Pursuant to the 
Act, a Federal moratorium on fishing for American lobster within Rhode 
Island State waters is hereby declared and will be effective on May 1, 
2001. If Rhode Island is found to be in compliance with the ISFMP for 
American lobster before that date, the moratorium will be withdrawn. 
The purpose of this action is to support and encourage implementation 
and enforcement of the Commission's American lobster ISFMP.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Federalism:  This action may have federalism implications as defined in 
EO 13132.

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-AO88
_______________________________________________________________________




461.  MAGNUSON-STEVENS FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT; 
AMENDMENT OF FOREIGN FISHING REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Regulations at 50 CFR part 600, subpart F govern foreign 
fishing under the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 USC 1801 et seq). Section 
204 (6)(10) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act requires the establishment of a 
schedule of reasonable fees to apply non-discriminatorily to each 
foreign fishing nation. This rule will amend the table listing foreign 
fees to remove species no longer available for allocation, clarify 
listings for certain species appearing in the table, add Atlantic 
herring as an allocable species, and establish the fees to be paid for 
the resulting list of allocable species.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO89
_______________________________________________________________________




462.  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 
the establishment of a 400 mt 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 will also clarify authorized fishing areas for highly migratory 
species in the Atlantic Ocean.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead, Acting 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO93
_______________________________________________________________________




463.  ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES; TRADE MEASURES AND 
MONITORING

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, ICCAT agreed to ban the 
import of bigeye tuna from non-members Belize, Honduras, Cambodia, and 
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and ICCAT member Equatorial Guinea. 
ICCAT also agreed to develop statistical document programs for 
swordfish and bigeye tuna to monitor harvests and assist in the 
collection of trade data. The United States already has a certificate 
of eligibility for swordfish; this program will be updated and expanded 
to include bigeye tuna.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead, Acting Director, Office of 
Sustainable

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Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2334
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO94
_______________________________________________________________________




464.  ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES; 2001 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 2001 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                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead, Acting 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO96
_______________________________________________________________________




465.  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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/01

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, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AP02
_______________________________________________________________________




466.  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 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/00/02

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, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AP03
_______________________________________________________________________




467.  REGULATORY AMENDMENT UNDER THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR 
THE SNAPPER-GROUPER FISHERY OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION (FMP) REGARDING 
USE OF POWERHEADS

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 regulatory amendment under the FMP's framework procedure 
would restrict the use of a powerhead (other than for safety reasons) 
to harvest species in the snapper-grouper complex off the east coast of 
Florida to fishermen who (1) hold a Federal commercial snapper-grouper 
permit, and (2) hold a Florida SPL and Restricted Species Endorsement.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01

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, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AP04
_______________________________________________________________________




468.  SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE SUMMER FLOUNDER, SCUP, AND BLACK 
SEA BASS FISHERIES FOR FISHING YEAR 2002

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action would establish allowable harvest levels and 
other management measures for fishing year 2002.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         11/00/01
Final Action                    12/00/01
Final Action Effective          01/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AP06
_______________________________________________________________________




469.  SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE SPINY DOGFISH FISHERY FOR FISHING 
YEAR 2002

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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: These annual specifications for spiny dogfish would implement 
a coastwide quota and management measures to achieve a target fishing 
mortality rate specified in the Spiny Dogfish FMP.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/00/02
NPRM Comment Period End         03/00/02
Final Action                    04/00/02
Final Action Effective          05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AP07
_______________________________________________________________________




470.  SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE ATLANTIC MACKEREL, SQUID, AND 
BUTTERFISH FISHERIES FOR FISHING YEAR 2002

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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 initial annual amounts, for 
fishing year 2002, of optimum yield as well as the amounts for 
allowable biological catch, domestic annual harvest, domestic annual 
processing, joint venture processing, and total allowable levels of 
foreign fishing for these species.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         11/00/01
Final Action                    12/00/01
Final Action Effective          01/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AP08
_______________________________________________________________________




471.  SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE ATLANTIC SURF CLAM AND OCEAN QUAHOG 
FISHERIES FOR FISHING YEAR 2002

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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 allowable harvests of surf clams 
and ocean quahogs from the exclusive economic zone for fishing year 
2002.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         09/00/01
Final Action                    10/00/01
Final Action Effective          01/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AP09
_______________________________________________________________________




472.  FRAMEWORK ADJUSTMENT 2 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR 
THE ATLANTIC MACKEREL, SQUID, AND BUTTERFISH FISHERIES

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: Framework Adjustment 2 would implement a 5-year extension of 
the Illex squid moratorium; a rollover of the mackerel specifications 
in the event the current annual specifications are not in place 
(excluding TALFF specifications); a modification to the

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overfishing definition and in-season adjustment provision for the 
Loligo squid fishery; and a Loligo squid trip limit exemption in the 
directed Illex squid fishery during the months of June to September in 
the event the directed Loligo squid fishery is closed.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01
NPRM Comment Period End         06/00/01
Final Action                    09/00/01
Final Action Effective          10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AP12
_______________________________________________________________________




473. SEA TURTLE MONITORING AND CONSERVATION MEASURES FOR NONSHRIMP 
FISHERIES

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 222; 50 CFR 223; 50 CFR 224

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: NMFS proposes to protect sea turtles through the 
implementation of sea turtle conservation measures on nonshrimp 
fisheries. Bottom trawlers in the mid-Atlantic take sea turtles when 
not using turtle excluder devices (TEDs) and may jeopardize the 
continued existence of endangered sea turtles. NMFS proposes to require 
TEDs in all bottom trawlers operating from Texas through Delaware. 
Other non-shrimp fisheries using tow lines, gill nets, or other gear 
probably take significant numbers of sea turtles. In order to better 
quantify that level of take, NMFS proposes to require observers in all 
fisheries suspected of taking turtles in all U.S. waters.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           07/10/92                    57 FR 30709
ANPRM Comment Period End        08/08/92
NPRM                            10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AE54
_______________________________________________________________________




474. PROPOSED RULE TO 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 proposed rule would 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.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Gene Nitta, Permits Analyst, 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
_______________________________________________________________________




475. PROPOSED RULE GOVERNING THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR MARINE MAMMAL 
PHOTOGRAPHY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1372 (c)(6)

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will provide for the issuance of permits to take 
marine mammals by only level B harassment for the purpose of 
educational or commercial photography.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AH31
_______________________________________________________________________




476. PROPOSED GUIDELINES FOR DEFINING SERIOUS INJURY; REQUEST FOR 
COMMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 229

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the National 
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is responsible for assessing and 
reducing the level of serious injury and mortality that occurs 
incidental to commercial fishing operations. NMFS is issuing proposed 
guidelines for determining what constitutes a serious injury to a 
marine mammal. If finalized, NMFS will use these guidelines in 
assessing fisheries beginning in 2001.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

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Agency Contact: Emily E. Hanson, Fishery Biologist, Department of 
Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of 
Protected Resources, NMFS (F/PR2), Marine Mammal Division, 1315 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2322
Fax: 301 713-4060
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AL44
_______________________________________________________________________




477. SECTION 4(D) OF ESA PROTECTIVE REGULATIONS FOR JOHNSON'S SEAGRASS, 
A THREATENED SPECIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 to 1543 et seq; 16 USC 1361 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: NMFS will issue protective regulations for Johnson's 
seagrass, a threatened species under section 4(d) of the Endangered 
Species Act (ESA). This will allow NMFS to tailor protective measures 
to best fit Johnson's seagrass.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Marta Nammack, 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AL59
_______________________________________________________________________




478. RULEMAKING FOR THE INCIDENTAL TAKING OF MARINE MAMMALS DURING 
WORLDWIDE DEPLOYMENT OF THE U.S. NAVY'S LOW FREQUENCY ACTIVE SONAR

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216.101

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: NMFS has received an application from the U.S. Navy for 
authorization to take marine mammals incidental to the worldwide 
deployment of its new low frequency active sonar system. The U.S. Navy 
anticipates deployment of up to 4 shipboard systems within the next 5 
years. This authorization can be granted under the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act provided the taking of marine mammals is incidental, is 
having no more than a negligible impact on small numbers of marine 
mammals and is not having an unmitigatable impact on Arctic subsistence 
needs. If an authorization is granted monitoring and reporting takings 
will be required.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           10/22/99                    64 FR 57026
NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Kenneth R. Hollingshead, Fishery Biologist, Department 
of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of 
Protected Resources, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20912
Phone: 301 713-2055
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AM62
_______________________________________________________________________




479. NORTH ATLANTIC WHALE PROTECTION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq; 16 USC 1531 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216; 50 CFR 222

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Investigate the need to adopt regulations to decrease 
negative action of whale watching.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           01/04/00                      65 FR 270
NPRM                            05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Kira Alvarez, Staff Attorney, Department of Commerce, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Room 18109, 1325 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-0053

Cathy E. Campbell, Fishery Biologist, Office of Protected Resources, 
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2322
Fax: 301 713-0376
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AM85
_______________________________________________________________________




480. SWIMMING OR RECREATIONAL INTERACTION WITH WILD POPULATION OF MARINE 
MAMMALS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Announces that NMFS is considering whether to issue 
regulations that would prohibit the public from swimming with or 
otherwise interacting with dolphins and other marine mammals in the 
wild.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Cathy E. Campbell, Fishery Biologist, Office of 
Protected Resources, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 
20910
Phone: 301 713-2322
Fax: 301 713-0376
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AN43

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481. SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION REGULATIONS; FISHERIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq; 16 USC 742a et seq; 31 USC 9701

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: NMFS proposes to amend the sea turtle handling and 
resuscitation regulations. Recent scientific and technical information 
indicate that the current procedures need to be updated. This measure 
is necessary to safely handle sea turtles that are incidentally 
captured during scientific research or in fishing operations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AN64
_______________________________________________________________________




482. 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.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Kellie Carter, 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO04
_______________________________________________________________________




483. MARINE MAMMALS; SUBSISTENCE TAKING OF NORTHERN FUR SEALS; HARVEST 
ESTIMATES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1151 et seq; 16 USC 1371(b)

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216.21

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, April 1, 2000.

Abstract: To establish harvest estimates for the taking of fur seals by 
Alaska natives.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Tribal, Federal

Agency Contact: Kellie Carter, 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO40
_______________________________________________________________________




484. CAPTIVE STELLER SEA LIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531-1543; subpart B, 3223.12; 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Jennifer Lyn Skidmore, Knauss Sea Grant Fellow, 
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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO61



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NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE/OFFICE OF OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT


                    ________________________________



485. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Elizabeth Moore, Sanctuaries and Resources Division, 
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, N ORM 2, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 
20910
Phone: 301 713-3145

RIN: 0648-AI91
_______________________________________________________________________




486. INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAM

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1434(d)

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 922

[[Page 25303]]

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: NOAA is considering issuing regulations to implement the 
Federal-agency consultation requirements of the National Marine 
Sanctuaries Act.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Federalism:  Undetermined

Agency Contact: Helen Golde, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, Room 11536, Marine Sanctuaries 
Division, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-3145

RIN: 0648-AL06
_______________________________________________________________________




487. NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT UNDER THE OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 
1990

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 33 USC 2706(e)

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 990

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rulemaking 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                            04/00/01

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
_______________________________________________________________________




488. COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT CONSISTENCY REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1431 et seq

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 930 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rulemaking revises existing Federal regulations 
governing consistency promulgated in 1979. These changes reflect 
statutory changes in the Coastal Zone Management Act in 1990 and 1996 
as well as experience of 18 years of implementation.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01
Interim Final Rule              05/00/01
Final Action                    12/00/01
Final Action Effective          12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal

Agency Contact: Molly Holt, Attorney Advisor, Department of Commerce, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ocean Services, 1305 
East-West Highway, 6th Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2967

RIN: 0648-AM88
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                           Final Rule Stage


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)



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NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE


                    ________________________________



489. CONSOLIDATE THE RULES FOR SPINY LOBSTER FISHERY OF THE GULF OF 
MEXICO AND SOUTH ATLANTIC AND STONE CRAB FISHERY OF THE GULF OF MEXICO 
WITH 50 CFR 622

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622; 50 CFR 640; 50 CFR 654

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published 
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.

Abstract: NMFS had proposed to withdraw the Fishery Management Plans 
for Spiny Lobster and Stone Crab (FMPs). The regulations implementing 
these FMPs were not included in the consolidated regulations for 
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic at 50 CFR part 
622. NMFS withdrew the proposed rules that would have withdrawn the 
FMPs. This final rule (technical amendment) will incorporate the rules 
implementing these FMPs in the consolidated regulations at 50 CFR 622 
without substantive change.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    06/00/01

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, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AJ28
_______________________________________________________________________




490. GUIDELINES FOR THE DESCRIPTION, IDENTIFICATION, CONSERVATION, AND 
ENHANCEMENT OF ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, April 11, 1997, Final regulations to 
be published within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.

Abstract: Guidelines to assist Fishery Management Councils in the 
description and identification of essential fish habitat (EFH) in 
fishery management plans, and in the consideration of actions to 
conserve and enhance EFH, and procedures for

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consultation, coordination, and recommendations to protect EFH.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           11/08/96                    61 FR 57843
ANPRM                           01/09/97                     62 FR 1306
NPRM                            04/23/97                    62 FR 19723
Interim Final Rule              12/19/97                    62 FR 66531
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      03/19/98                     63 FR 8607
Supplemental Comment Period     11/08/99                    64 FR 60731
Supplemental Comment Period End 12/23/99
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Rolland Schmitt, Director, Office of Habitat 
Conservation, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 
20910-3282
Phone: 301 713-2325
Fax: 301 713-1043
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AJ30
_______________________________________________________________________




491. ADJUSTMENT OF THE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR PRECIOUS CORALS FISHERIES 
IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC

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 regulation would modify the management program for the 
fisheries for precious corals in the western Pacific region. In 
response to new information on changes that may occur in the fishery, 
possible changes to the management program include the establishment of 
or adjustments to fishing seasons, permit requirements, quotas, 
closures, area limitations, gear, coral size restrictions, and fishery-
dependent data reporting requirements, etc.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/05/00                    65 FR 53646
NPRM Comment Period End         10/05/00
Final Action                    05/00/01

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-AK23
_______________________________________________________________________




492. 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) 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/18/97                    62 FR 48990
NPRM Comment Period End         10/15/97
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead, Acting 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AK40
_______________________________________________________________________




493. AMENDMENT TO PORTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL FISHING QUOTA PROGRAM 
REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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: Regulatory amendment to amend portions of the regulations 
implementing the Individual Fishing Quota Program for the Pacific 
halibut and sablefish fixed gear fisheries in and off of Alaska.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/14/00                    65 FR 78126
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AK50
_______________________________________________________________________




494. AMENDMENT 14 TO THE PACIFIC COAST SALMON PLAN

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, October 11, 1998.
Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published within 30 days of 
end of NPRM comment period.
 See Additional Information.

Abstract: Amendment 14 would provide a change in the management of 
salmon fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) (3 to 200 miles 
offshore) off Washington, Oregon, and California, which are managed by 
the Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and NMFS under the 
Fishery Management Plan for Commercial and

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Recreational Salmon Fisheries off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon and 
California (FMP) as revised and updated in 1996 for implementation in 
1997. The amendment will revise the FMP to bring it into compliance 
with the recently amended Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act. The primary changes relate to issues of optimum yield, 
overfishing, essential fish habitat, and bycatch specifications. 
Editorial and organizational changes to improve and update the FMP and 
its environmental impact statement, in addition to refinements harvest 
allocation standards among the recreational fisheries north of Cape 
Falcon, are also part of the amendment.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/20/00                    65 FR 63047
NPRM Comment Period End         12/04/00
Final Action                    05/00/01
Final Action Effective          06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal

Additional Information: Legal Deadline: 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).

Agency Contact: Donna Darm, 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-AL51
_______________________________________________________________________




495. RULE TO PROHIBIT FISHING AND ANCHORING OF FISHING VESSELS IN THE 
EEZ SEAWARD OF NAVASSA ISLAND

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Rule to prohibit fishing and anchoring of fishing vessels in 
the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) within 15 nautical miles seaward of 
the baseline of Navassa Island, a U.S. territory in the Caribbean Sea. 
This is to protect unique and unprotected marine resources in the area, 
including reef fish and invertebrates, especially coral, live rock, 
sponges, queen conch, and spiny lobsters, from unregulated harvest. 
These resources are in relatively pristine condition due to the area's 
isolation and distance from commercial fishing grounds of major fishing 
nations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/04/00                    65 FR 59170
NPRM Comment Period End         11/03/00
Final Action                    05/00/01

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, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AL93
_______________________________________________________________________




496. BSAI FMP AMENDMENT 66 TO THE FMP FOR THE GROUNDFISH FISHERY OF THE 
BERING SEA AND ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AREA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Remove squid from CDQ Program.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/17/00                    65 FR 44018
NPRM Comment Period End         08/31/00
Final Action                    04/00/01
Final Action Effective          05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AM72
_______________________________________________________________________




497. PROHIBIT USE OF SET NET GEAR TO HARVEST GROUNDFISH IN CERTAIN 
PORTIONS OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE WATERS SEAWARD OF CALIFORNIA

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 rule would prohibit the use of set net gear to take 
groundfish species in a portion of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) 
seaward of California. This rule has been requested by the Pacific 
Fishery Management Council (Council) under procedures in the Pacific 
Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) that allow for implementing 
Federal regulations to conform to State regulations for the groundfish 
fishery in selected circumstances. The Council has determined that the 
State regulations prohibiting the use of set net gear used to take 
groundfish species in certain areas are consistent with the FMP and 
requested Federal adoption of consistent regulations in the EEZ. The 
conformance with State regulations is desired to ensure consistent 
application of conservation and management measures and enforcement in 
the EEZ and in State waters to the extent practicable.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/19/00                    65 FR 31871
NPRM Comment Period End         06/19/00
Comment Period Extended         07/05/00                    65 FR 41426
Final Action                    06/00/01
Final Action Effective          07/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

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Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Dr. Rebecca Lent, Regional Administrator, Southwest 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Suite 4200, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 
90802-4213
Phone: 562 980-4001

RIN: 0648-AN03
_______________________________________________________________________




498. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO IMPLEMENT AN AT-SEA OBSERVER PROGRAM ON ALL 
ENTRY AND OPEN ACCESS CATCHER VESSELS IN THE PACIFIC COAST GROUNDFISH 
FISHERY

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: NMFS proposes to amend the regulations implementing the 
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan to provide for an at-
sea observation program on all limited entry and open access catcher 
vessels. This proposed rule would require vessels in the groundfish 
fishery to carry observers when notified by NMFS or its designated 
agent; establish notification requirements for vessels that may be 
required to carry observers; and establish responsibilities and define 
prohibited actions for vessels that are required to carry observers. 
The at-sea observation program is intended to improve estimates of 
total catch and fishing mortality.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/14/00                    65 FR 55495
NPRM Comment Period End         10/16/00
Final Action                    04/00/01
Final Action Effective          04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Donna Darm, 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-AN27
_______________________________________________________________________




499. ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES; SPOTTER AIRCRAFT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 971 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, December 2, 2000, Effective 12/21/
2000 as part of PL 106-553, sec 639.

Abstract: As part of Public Law 106-553, signed on December 21, 2000, 
Congress prohibited the Department of Commerce from using funds now, or 
in the future, to issue fishing permits to vessels fishing in the 
Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Atlantic tunas General or Harpoon 
categories using spotter aircraft to assist, locate, catch or possess 
Atlantic bluefin tuna. NMFS needs to revise its HMS prohibitions and 
regulations regarding permit issuance and conditions to implement this 
statutory prohibition.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead, Acting 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AN54
_______________________________________________________________________




500. DISTRIBUTE U.S. ALLOCATIONS FROM THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES 
ORGANIZATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 5601 to 5610

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, March 1, 2000, Deadline Based on NAFO 
Fishing Season.

Abstract: This rule would allow NMFS to create a procedure to 
distribute fishing privileges by Northwest Atlantic Fisheries 
Organization.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patrick Edward Moran, Foreign Affairs Specialist, 
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Room 13137, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 
20910
Phone: 301 713-2276
Fax: 301 713-2313
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AN60
_______________________________________________________________________




501. SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE ATLANTIC BLUEFISH FISHERY FOR FISHING YEAR 
2001

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 the quotas for the Atlantic 
bluefish fishery in the exclusive economic zone for fishing year 2001.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/21/01
NPRM Comment Period End         03/23/01
Final Action                    04/00/01
Final Action Effective          05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AN66

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502. SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE ATLANTIC MACKEREL, SQUID, AND BUTTERFISH 
FISHERIES FOR FISHING YEAR 2001

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 initial annual amounts, for 
fishing year 2001, of optimum yield as well as the amounts for 
allowable biological catch, domestic annual harvest, domestic annual 
processing, joint venture processing, and total allowable levels of 
foreign fishing for these species.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/05/00                    65 FR 75912
NPRM Comment Period End         01/04/01
Final Action                    04/00/01
Final Action Effective          05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AN69
_______________________________________________________________________




503. SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE SUMMER FLOUNDER, SCUP, AND BLACK SEA BASS 
FISHERIES FOR THE FISHING YEAR 2001

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 allowable harvest levels and 
other management measures for fishing year 2001.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/28/00                    65 FR 71042
NPRM Comment Period End         12/19/00
Final Action                    04/00/01
Final Action Effective          05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AN71
_______________________________________________________________________




504. ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES; ATLANTIC TUNAS REPORTING AND 
ALLOCATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 971 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: NMFS proposes to amend the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species 
(HMS) regulations to adjust the north-south division of the BFT Angling 
category, and to adjust the subquota percentages allocated to each zone 
in conjunction with the boundary line adjustment. NMFS also proposes to 
amend the regulations governing the Atlantic HMS fisheries to require 
mandatory dealer reporting of all purchases of Atlantic bigeye, 
albacore, yellowfin, and skipjack (BAYS) tunas. The proposed regulatory 
amendment is necessary to comply with the United States' obligations 
under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the 
Atlantic Tunas Convention Act, and the Fishery Management Plan for 
Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and Sharks.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           04/10/00                    65 FR 18960
ANPRM Comment Period End        05/22/00
NPRM                            12/07/00                    65 FR 76601
NPRM Comment Period End         01/30/01
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead, Acting 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AN97
_______________________________________________________________________




505. ATLANTIC COAST HORSESHOE CRAB EEZ REGULATIONS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 5101 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 697

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: NMFS proposes to close a 30-nautical mile radius to fishing 
for horseshoe crabs in the EEZ beginning from the mouth of the Delaware 
Bay (measured from the territorial sea boundary midway between Cape 
May, New Jersey and Cape Henlopen, Delaware) and extending seaward, and 
to establish permitting a reporting requirements for vessels that 
harvest and dealers then sell horseshoe crabs from the EEZ and to 
prohibit transfers at sea of horseshoe crabs in the EEZ from Maine 
through Florida. The intent of these rules is to provide protection for 
the Atlantic coast stocks of horseshoe crabs and to ensure the 
effectiveness of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's 
Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Horseshoe Crabs.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/16/00                    65 FR 61135
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

Agency Contact: Richard H. Schaefer, Chief, Staff Office for 
Intergovernmental and Recreational Fisheries Affairs, Department of 
Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Suite 425, 
8484 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 427-2014

RIN: 0648-AO02

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506. ANNUAL FRAMEWORK ADJUSTMENT (FRAMEWORK 14) FOR THE ATLANTIC SEA 
SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR FISHING YEAR 2001

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 implement management measures for the 
scallop fishery for fishing year 2001. Measures would include days at 
sea allocations for 2001. In addition, the annual adjustment would 
include an access program for the Mid-Atlantic closed areas that may 
include shell stocking restrictions, possession/trip limit 
restrictions, bycatch restrictions and gear specification.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/00/01
Final Action Effective          04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AO07
_______________________________________________________________________




507. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO MODIFY THE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE 
WESTERN PACIFIC PELAGIC FISHERIES TO MITIGATE THE TAKE OF SEABIRDS

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: NMFS proposes a rule under the Fishery Management Plan for 
the Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region that would require 
operators of vessels registered for use under Hawaii pelagic longline 
limited access permits to use specific bird mitigation techniques when 
fishing with pelagic longline gear north of 23 degrees N. latitude; 
annually attend a protected species workshop conducted by NMFS; and 
release all hooked or entangled sea birds in a manner that maximizes 
their post-release survival. This interim final rule would reduce 
fishery impacts on black-footed and Laysan albatrosses that are 
accidentally hooked or entangled and killed by Hawaii pelagic 
longliners during the setting and hauling of longline gear. This 
interim final rule would also reduce the potential for interactions 
between pelagic longline fishing vessels and endangered short-tailed 
albatrosses, which are known to occasionally visit the Northwestern 
Hawaiian Islands.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/05/00                    65 FR 41424
NPRM Comment Period End         08/21/00
Interim Final Rule              05/00/01
Final Action                    07/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

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-AO35
_______________________________________________________________________




508. AMENDMENT 13 TO THE PACIFIC COAST GROUNDFISH FISHERY MANAGEMENT 
PLAN -- BYCATCH REDUCTION/REPORTING, FRAMEWORK CHANGES TO ANNUAL 
MANAGEMENT MEASURES PROCESS

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 13 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 
Management Plan (FMP) would make the FMP consistent with Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) 
provisions on bycatch and standardized reporting methodologies. 
Amendment 13 would also revise the Pacific Fishery Management Council 
process for setting annual routine management measures, so that the 
Council may use that process to meet Magnuson-Stevens Act overfishing 
and bycatch requirements. Revisions to the annual management measures 
process are expected to improve the Council's flexibility in managing 
the fisheries to protect overfished and depleted stocks while allowing 
fisheries access to healthy stocks. Finally, Amendment 13 would update 
the FMP to remove unused and expired limited entry permit endorsements. 
Regulatory changes resulting from this amendment may include: standards 
and procedures for participation in an increased utilization program 
for the at-sea Pacific whiting fishery; amendments to the management 
measures framework at 50 CFR 660.323(b) to allow increased flexibility; 
and minor ``housekeeping'' changes to remove outdated references to 
unused and expired limited entry permit endorsements from the 50 CFR 
660 subpart G regulations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/21/00                    65 FR 69898
NPRM Comment Period End         01/05/01
Final Action                    04/00/01
Final Action Effective          05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Donna Darm, 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-AO41
_______________________________________________________________________




509. 2001 QUOTAS FOR PURSE SEINE FISHERIES IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 995 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This notice would advise the public and U.S. industries of 
the quotas

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for yellowfin and bigeye tuna established by the Inter-American 
Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and approved by the Department of 
State. The notice would be published in accordance with a rule that 
established authority and procedures for the Southwest Regional 
Administrator, NMFS, to implement measures to carry out management 
recommendations of the IATTC as provided in the Tuna Conventions Act of 
1950. Under that rule, among the actions that could be taken were 
announcing quotas, closure of the U.S. purse seine fishery for 
yellowfin tuna, closure of the U.S. purse seine fishery for tuna 
associated with floating objects, prohibiting the use of tender vessels 
used to service fish-aggregating devices, and prohibiting the transfer-
at-sea of purse seine-caught tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    07/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Dr. Rebecca Lent, Regional Administrator, Southwest 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Suite 4200, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 
90802-4213
Phone: 562 980-4001

RIN: 0648-AO48
_______________________________________________________________________




510. 2001-2002 MANAGEMENT MEASURES FOR COMMERCIAL, RECREATIONAL, AND 
TREATY INDIAN SALMON FISHERIES OFF THE COASTS OF WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND 
CALIFORNIA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The annual management measures for the 2001-2002 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                    05/00/01
Final Action Effective          05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal

Agency Contact: Donna Darm, 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-AO49
_______________________________________________________________________




511. OMNIBUS FRAMEWORK TO FMPS FOR SUMMER FLOUNDER, SCUP, BLACK SEA 
BASS, ATLANTIC MACKEREL, SQUID, BUTTERFISH, ATLANTIC SURF CLAM, OCEAN 
QUAHOG, SPINY DOGFISH, AND ATLANTIC BLUEFISH FISHERIES

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 period.

Abstract: This omnibus framework action is being developed to modify 
the quota setting process for all of the respective fishery management 
plans within the purview of Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council by 
allowing a portion of the respective quotas to be dedicated to research 
activities. The intent of this action is to facilitate the collection 
of data that the Council and public deem important for fishery 
management purposes.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/00/01
Final Action Effective          05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AO54
_______________________________________________________________________




512. MODIFY AMERICAN LOBSTER REGULATIONS UNDER ATLANTIC COASTAL 
FISHERIES COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT ACT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 5101 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 697

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published 
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.

Abstract: This action would provide an exemption from the lobster trap 
regulations to black sea bass fishers in the southernmost lobster 
management area. The action would grant an option to substitute (for 
the gear restrictions) an incidental allowance equal to 100 lobsters 
per day to a maximum of five days to vessels having limited access 
eligibility in both the black sea bass and lobster fisheries and 
fishing in lobster management area 5. The program would be implemented 
through a new lobster permit category and provides dual black sea bass 
and lobster fishers an opportunity to fish as closely to historical 
practices as possible.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/05/00                    65 FR 75916
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AO58

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513.  PACIFIC COAST GROUNDFISH FISHERY; ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 2002 
GROUNDFISH FISHERY SPECIFICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT MEASURES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: NMFS announces the 2001 fishery specifications and management 
measures for groundfish taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) 
and State waters of the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California. 
The specifications include the levels of the acceptable biological 
catch (ABC) and optimum yields (OYs). The commercial OYs (the OYs 
reduced by expected discard and by amounts expected to be taken in 
tribal, recreational, and compensation fisheries) are allocated between 
the limited entry and open access fisheries. The management measures 
for 2002 are designed to keep landings within the OYs for those species 
for which there are OYs and to achieve the goals and objectives of the 
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and associated 
rebuilding plans for overfished stocks, consistent with the 
requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and the guidelines based on the 
National Standards in the Magnuson-Stevens Act published in the Federal 
Register on May 1, 1998. These management measures are intended to 
prevent overfishing and to rebuild Pacific Coast groundfish stocks. 
These measures are also intended to achieve as much harvest of 
healthier stocks as possible given the conservation requirements of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Act.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    01/00/02
Final Action Effective          01/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Tribal, Federal

Agency Contact: Donna Darm, 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-AO69
_______________________________________________________________________




514.  EMERGENCY INTERIM RULE TO ESTABLISH HARVESTING 
RESTRICTIONS FOR THE DOLPHIN AND WAHOO FISHERY IN THE ATLANTIC EEZ

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622; 50 CFR 600.725

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This emergency interim rule for dolphin fish and wahoo in the 
Atlantic EEZ would (1) establish trip limits, (2) specify fishing gear, 
and (3) prohibit use of surface and pelagic longlines within any time/
area closure in the Atlantic EEZ to the use of that gear for Atlantic 
highly migratory species.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/00/01

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, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AO83
_______________________________________________________________________




515.  ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES; LARGE AND SMALL COASTAL 
SHARKS; COMMERCIAL QUOTA ADJUSTMENT

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 emergency rule implements a court order and settlement 
agreement to maintain the large and small coastal shark commercial 
quotas at 1997 levels, pending an independent review of the 1998 large 
coastal shark stock assessment and new small coastal shark stock 
assessment, respectively. The independent review and new stock 
assessment are anticipated to be completed in 2001.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              04/00/01
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead, Acting 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO85
_______________________________________________________________________




516.  RECREATIONAL MEASURES FOR THE SUMMER FLOUNDER, SCUP, AND 
BLACK SEA BASS FISHERIES FOR FISHING YEAR 2002

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action would establish the possession limit, size limit, 
and other management measures for the recreational fisheries for 
fishing year 2002

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/00/01
Final Action Effective          05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AO91

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517.  FRAMEWORK ADJUSTMENT 2 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR 
THE SUMMER FLOUNDER, SCUP, AND BLACK SEA BASS FISHERIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Framework 2 proposes a management system that would constrain 
the recreational summer flounder fishery to either a coastwide 
recreational harvest limit or allow states to implement conservation 
equivalent measures by customizing summer flounder recreational 
management measures. On an annual basis, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Commission will 
decide whether to implement a coastwide recreational harvest limit or 
allow states to implement summer flounder recreational management 
measures, provided that certain procedures and requirements are 
satisfied.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/00/01
Final Action Effective          05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AO92
_______________________________________________________________________




518.  ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE OPTIMUM YIELD AND HARVEST LIMIT FOR 
PACIFIC SARDINES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: NMFS announces the annual harvest guidelines for Pacific 
sardine in the exclusive economic zone off the Pacific coast. The 
coastal pelagic species fishery management plan and its implementing 
regulations require NMFS to establish annual harvest guidelines for 
Pacific sardine based on a formula in the FMP. The intended effect of 
this action is to establish allocated harvest levels for coastal 
pelagic species in the Pacific.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/00/01
Final Action Effective          01/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Dr. Rebecca Lent, Regional Administrator, Southwest 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Suite 4200, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 
90802-4213
Phone: 562 980-4001

RIN: 0648-AP00
_______________________________________________________________________




519.  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: None

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 and its implementing 
regulations require NMFS to establish annual harvest guidelines for 
Pacific mackerel based on a formula in the FMP. The intended effect of 
this action is to establish allowable harvest levels for coastal 
pelagic species in the Pacific.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    06/00/01
Final Action Effective          07/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Dr. Rebecca Lent, Regional Administrator, Southwest 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Suite 4200, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 
90802-4213
Phone: 562 980-4001

RIN: 0648-AP01
_______________________________________________________________________




520.  FRAMEWORK 36 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 action will primarily focus on measures to decrease 
regulatory discards in the Gulf of Maine (GOM) cod fishery. Based on 
the discard information ascertained from the SARC 33 review of GOM cod 
in June 2001, management measures will be developed to decrease GOM cod 
discards. This action also proposes to allow tuna purse seine vessels 
access to the current groundfish closed areas; expand the area 
available for the northern shrimp harvest in the GOM; and possibly 
revise the size and extend the time frame of the Western GOM Closure 
Area (currently scheduled to reopen May 1, 2002).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    09/00/01
Final Action Effective          10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AP05
_______________________________________________________________________




521.  ESTABLISH MEASURES TO ADDRESS THE IMMINENT RAPID INCREASE 
IN LANDINGS AND TO HALT OVERFISHING IN THE ATLANTIC RED CRAB FISHERY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648

Legal Deadline: None

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Abstract: This action would temporarily establish emergency or interim 
measures for the deep-sea and red crab fishery to address overfishing 
in the fishery.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              04/00/01
Interim Final Rule Effective    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AP10
_______________________________________________________________________




522.  ANNUAL FRAMEWORK ADJUSTMENT FOR THE MONKFISH FISHERY 
MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR FISHING YEAR 2002

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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 implement management measures for the 
monkfish fishery for fishing year 2002.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/00/01
Final Action Effective          05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AP11
_______________________________________________________________________




523.  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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice                          12/13/00                    65 FR 77889
Notice Comment Period End       01/03/01
Final Action                    04/00/01

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO84
_______________________________________________________________________




524. ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR NONLETHALLY DETERRING MARINE MAMMALS FROM 
ENDANGERING PERSONAL SAFETY OR DAMAGING PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq The Marine Mammal Protection Act

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, January 1, 1995, Final regulations to 
be published within 30 days of the end of the NPRM comment period.

Abstract: On April 30, 1994, the President signed Pub. L. 103-238, the 
Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 1994. One part of this law 
implemented a new section 101(a)(4) to authorize the nonlethal 
harassment takings by citizens of the United States to deter marine 
mammals from: (1) Damaging commercial fishing gear or catch; (2) 
damaging private property; (3) endangering public safety; or (4) 
damaging public property. The amendments require a list of guidelines 
for use in safely deterring marine mammals and provide for prohibiting 
certain deterrent measures that may have a significant adverse impact 
on marine mammals.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/05/95                    60 FR 22345
NPRM Comment Period End         07/05/95
Interim Final Rule              04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Kenneth R. Hollingshead, Fishery Biologist, Department 
of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of 
Protected Resources, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20912
Phone: 301 713-2055
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AH19
_______________________________________________________________________




525. GENERAL AUTHORIZATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INVOLVING LEVEL B 
HARASSMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect State, local or tribal 
governments and the private sector.

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1151 et seq Fur Seal Act; 16 USC 1631 et seq 
Marine Mammal Protection Act

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, August 30, 1994.

Abstract: This final rule is required by the 1994 amendments to the 
Marine Mammal Protection Act. These regulations establish a general

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authorization for bona fide scientific research on non-endangered and 
non-threatened marine mammals that may result in harassment with only 
the potential to disturb. Inclusion under the general authorization is 
achieved by letter of intent to the National Marine Fisheries Service 
and a letter of confirmation from the Service.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              10/03/94                    59 FR 50372
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      11/17/94
Final Action                    07/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AH20
_______________________________________________________________________




526. IMPLEMENTATION OF 1997 MMPA AMENDMENTS AFFECTING YELLOWFIN TUNA 
PURSE SEINE FISHING IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC

Priority: Economically Significant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216.24

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would implement the 1997 amendments to the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) regarding regulation of the U.S. yellowfin 
tuna fishery in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, and the regulation 
of yellowfin tuna into the United States from other nations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/14/99                    64 FR 31806
Interim Final Rule              01/03/00                       65 FR 30
Final Action                    05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: Legislation amending the MMPA regarding the 
yellowfin tuna fishery will require implementation of regulations 3 
months after the effective date of the legislation.

Agency Contact: Nicole LeBoeuf, Department of Commerce, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Protected Resources, 
1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2322

RIN: 0648-AI85
_______________________________________________________________________




527. 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: A policy to evaluate conservation efforts in making listing 
decisions under the Endangered Species Act. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/13/00                    65 FR 37102
Final Action                    05/00/01

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AL91
_______________________________________________________________________




528. SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION REGULATIONS; SUMMER FLOUNDER FISHERY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223; 50 CFR 222

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service intends to amend the 
Turtle Excluder Device (TED) requirements for summer flounder trawlers 
at 50 CFR 223.206(d)(2)(iii). The rule change would require the use of 
a TED extension with a hard TED. The extension could not be more than 
3.5-inch stretched mesh. The extension could extend not more than 24 
inches and not less than 36 inches in front of and behind the TED. New 
information came to light over the winter and during TED testing in 
June 1999 that TED installation in larger mesh results in many turtle 
captures and deaths. The fishery will begin at the beginning of 
October, and many preventable sea turtle deaths would occur if the rule 
is not in place prior. Bringing the rule into effect during the course 
of the fishery would also be disruptive to the fishermen.
The rule is not significant and the cost to the fishermen for 
compliance will be minimal: less than $20 for materials and about 2 
hours to reinstall the TED (many fishermen already reinstall their TEDs 
on an annual basis).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              10/15/99                    64 FR 55860
Final Action                    12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State, 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AM89

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529. ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES: LISTING STATUS FOR WHITE ABALONE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 to 1543; 16 USC 1361 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223; 50 CFR 224

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: NMFR received a petition to list and designate critical 
habitat for white abalone under the Endangered Species Act. NMFS had 
already initiated a status review, as this species was on the candidate 
species list. NMFS has completed the status review and will publish a 
proposed rule to list the species. NMFS will make a determination on 
whether to designate critical habitat later.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/05/00                    65 FR 26167
Final Rule                      05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

Agency Contact: Terri Jordan, 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AM90
_______________________________________________________________________




530. REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE APPROACH TO HUMPBACK WHALES IN ALASKA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 to 1543; 16 USC 1361 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 224.103

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would amend 50 CFR 224.103 to prohibit the approach 
within 200 yards of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaesnyliae) in waters 
200 miles off the coast of Alaska.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/26/00                    65 FR 39336
Final Action                    05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Cathy E. Campbell, Fishery Biologist, Office of 
Protected Resources, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 
20910
Phone: 301 713-2322
Fax: 301 713-0376
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AN29
_______________________________________________________________________




531. TAKING OF MARINE MAMMALS INCIDENTAL TO SHOCK TESTING THE USS 
WINSTON CHURCHILL OFF THE U.S. ATLANTIC COAST

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1371(a)(5)

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216.151

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: A request has been received from the U.S. Navy for a small 
take of marine mammals incidental to shock testing the USS Winston 
Churchill in the offshore waters of the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of 
Mexico during 2001. Regulations will be proposed that would, if 
implemented, authorize the taking under the Marine Mammal Protection 
Act. Regulations can be implemented, and the takings authorized, if a 
determination is made that the taking will have no more than a 
negligible impact on marine mammal stocks that are being impacted.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           03/03/00                    65 FR 11542
NPRM                            12/12/00                    65 FR 77546
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Kenneth R. Hollingshead, Fishery Biologist, Department 
of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of 
Protected Resources, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20912
Phone: 301 713-2055
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AN59
_______________________________________________________________________




532. 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 advance notice of proposed rulemaking 
(ANPRM) to announce that it is considering publishing regulations that 
would 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 degree 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           04/05/00                    65 FR 17852
Final Action                    10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

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

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Fax: 301 713-1043
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AN62
_______________________________________________________________________




533. LIST OF FISHERIES FOR 2001

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 229

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The list of fisheries, published pursuant to section 118 of 
the Marine Mammal Protection Act, classifies all U.S. commercial 
fisheries into one of three categories based on the level of incidental 
serious injury and mortality to marine mammals. Participants in 
fisheries placed in category I, II or III are subject to different 
regulatory requirements under 50 CFR 229.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/22/01                     66 FR 6545
NPRM Comment Period End         03/08/01
Final Action                    05/00/01
Final Action Effective          06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Federalism:  Undetermined

Agency Contact: Emily E. Hanson, Fishery Biologist, Department of 
Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of 
Protected Resources, NMFS (F/PR2), Marine Mammal Division, 1315 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2322
Fax: 301 713-4060
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AN92
_______________________________________________________________________




534. TAKING OF THE COOK INLET, ALASKA, STOCK OF BELUGA WHALES BY ALASKA 
NATIVES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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                    04/00/01

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO16
_______________________________________________________________________




535. TAKING AND IMPORTING MARINE MAMMALS; TAKING MARINE MAMMALS 
INCIDENTAL TO OPERATION OF A LOW FREQUENCY SOUND SOURCE BY THE NORTH 
PACIFIC ACOUSTIC LABORATORY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1371(a)(5)

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216.70

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The U.S. Navy is expected to submit a request for a small 
take of marine mammals incidental to operation of a low frequency sound 
source by the North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory off Hawaii. Regulations 
can be implemented under the Marine Mammal Protection Act to authorize 
the taking provided a determination can be made that the taking is 
small and has no more than a negligible impact on affected species or 
stocks of marine mammals.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           08/24/00                    65 FR 51584
NPRM                            12/22/00                    65 FR 80815
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Kenneth R. Hollingshead, Fishery Biologist, Department 
of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of 
Protected Resources, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20912
Phone: 301 713-2055
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO24
_______________________________________________________________________




536.  ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES; THREATENED STATUS FOR 
ONE EVOLUTIONARILY SIGNIFICANT UNIT OF STEELHEAD IN CALIFORNIA AND 
OREGON

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq; 16 USC 742a et seq; 31 USC 9701

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223

Legal Deadline: Final, Judicial, March 31, 2001.

Abstract: NMFS' completed Endangered Species Act (ESA) status reviews 
for steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) populations in Washington, Oregon, 
Idaho, and California resulted in proposed listings for several 
steelhead Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs), including a Klamath 
Mountains Province (KMP) steelhead ESU. Steelhead in this ESU inhabit 
coastal river basins between the Elk River in Oregon and the Klamath 
River in California, inclusive. After reviewing additional information, 
including biological data on the species' status and an assessment of 
protective efforts, NMFS concluded in 1998 that this ESU did not 
warrant listing. However, the U.S. District Court for the Northern 
District of California (Court) recently overturned that decision and 
remanded the rule to the agency. The District Court concluded that NMFS 
erred in relying on the expected effects of future conservation 
measures when making its final listing determination. In light of the 
Court's order and of the need to

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formally solicit any new information regarding the status of KMP 
steelhead, the agency now re-proposes to list the KMP steelhead ESU as 
a threatened species under the ESA.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           02/12/01                     66 FR 9808
ANPRM Comment Period End        03/05/01
Interim Final Rule              04/00/01
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      05/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: State

Agency Contact: Kellie Carter, Fishery Biologist, Department of 
Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-1401

RIN: 0648-AO86



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NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE/OFFICE OF OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT


                    ________________________________



537. OPERATIONS OF MOTORIZED PERSONAL WATERCRAFT IN THE GULF OF THE 
FARALLONES NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1431 et seq

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 922

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 
Sanctuaries and Reserves Division is considering prohibiting the 
operation of motorized personal watercraft in the nearshore areas of 
the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/23/99                    64 FR 19945
NPRM Comment Period End         07/21/99
Final Action                    04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Agency Contact: Daniel J. Basta, Acting Chief, Sanctuaries and Reserve 
Division, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Room 9531, N ORM2, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver 
Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-3000

RIN: 0648-AK01
_______________________________________________________________________




538. FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY; TORTUGAS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1431 et seq

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 922 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule will make effective the proposed rule 
published on May 18, 2000, that would establish a 151 square nautical 
mile no-take ecological reserve in the Tortugas region of the Florida 
Keys to protect nationally significant coral reef resources and to 
protect an area that serves as a source of biodiversity for the Florida 
Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) as well as for the southwest 
shelf of Florida. The rule would expand the boundary of the FKNMS by 96 
square nautical miles in the remote westernmost portion of the FKNMS to 
ensure that sensitive coral habitats lying outside the existing 
boundary of the Sanctuary are protected and would establish the reserve 
within that 96 square nautical mile area and within a 55 square 
nautical mile area of the existing Sanctuary.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/18/00                    65 FR 31634
Draft EIS                       05/19/00                    65 FR 31898
Final EIS                       04/00/01
Final Rule                      04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

Agency Contact: Billy Causey, Superintendent, Florida Keys National 
Marine Sanctuary, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, P.O. Box 500368, Marathon, FL 33050
Phone: 305 743-2437

RIN: 0648-AO18
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                          Long-Term Actions


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)



_______________________________________________________________________



NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE


                    ________________________________



539. GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR DOMESTIC FISHERIES--STANDARD DEFINITIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Richard H. Schaefer
Phone: 301 427-2014

RIN: 0648-AG46
_______________________________________________________________________




540. IMPLEMENTATION OF DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO THE 
FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE AMERICAN LOBSTER FISHERY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 649

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AJ75

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541. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO ALLOCATE PACIFIC HALIBUT TO THE HALIBUT 
SUBSISTENCE FISHERY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AK16
_______________________________________________________________________




542. FISHING CAPACITY REDUCTION PROGRAM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 253

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/11/99                     64 FR 6869
Interim Final Rule              05/18/00                    65 FR 31430


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Michael L. Grable
Phone: 301 713-2390
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AK76
_______________________________________________________________________




543. HALIBUT BYCATCH ACCOUNTING FOR THE YELLOWFIN SOLE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AM76
_______________________________________________________________________




544. RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENT REVISIONS TO THE ALASKA 
GROUNDFISH FISHERIES ALASKA COMMERCIAL OPERATOR'S ANNUAL REPORT (ACOAR)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/14/00                    65 FR 78131
NPRM Comment Period End         01/16/01
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AN01
_______________________________________________________________________




545. AMENDMENT 13 TO THE NORTHEAST MULTISPECIES FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AN17
_______________________________________________________________________




546. AMENDMENT 1 TO THE ATLANTIC HERRING FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AN19
_______________________________________________________________________




547. AMENDMENT 14 TO THE NORTHEAST MULTISPECIES FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AN20
_______________________________________________________________________




548. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO CLARIFY THE ALASKA GROUNDFISH INDIVIDUAL 
FISHING QUOTA PROGRAM APPEALS REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AN21
_______________________________________________________________________




549. AMENDMENT 63 TO THE FMP FOR THE GROUNDFISH FISHERY OF THE BERING 
SEA AND ALEUTIAN ISLANDS MANAGEMENT AREA AND AMENDMENT 63 TO THE FMP FOR 
THE GROUNDFISH OF THE GULF OF ALASKA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AN24

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550. AMENDMENTS TO ALASKA FMPS FOR GROUNDFISH, CRAB, AND SCALLOP TO 
REDUCE HALIBUT MORTALITY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AN26
_______________________________________________________________________




551. 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. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AN55
_______________________________________________________________________




552. FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR NORTHEAST SKATE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AO10
_______________________________________________________________________




553. EMERGENCY INTERIM RULE FOR AMERICAN FISHERIES ACT REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/22/01                     66 FR 7327


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AO14
_______________________________________________________________________




554. MULTISPECIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA PROGRAM BYCATCH ACCOUNTING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AO26
_______________________________________________________________________




555.  CONTINUE CLOSURE OF TWO MID-ATLANTIC AREAS TO SCALLOP 
FISHING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Interim final rule extends the closure of the Hudson Canyon 
South and Virginia Beach closed areas on an interim basis until a 
controlled area access program for these two areas can be implemented.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              02/09/01                     66 FR 9678
Interim Final Rule Effective    03/02/01


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AO71
_______________________________________________________________________




556.  IMPLEMENT MANAGEMENT MEASURES FOR THE PACIFIC COD 
FISHERIES IN THE GULF OF ALASKA, THE BERING SEA, AND THE ALEUTIAN 
ISLANDS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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 rulemaking would implement management measures for the 
Pacific cod fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska, the Bering Sea, and the 
Aleutian Islands that would mitigate the impacts of those fisheries on 
the western population of Steller sea lions and its designated critical 
habitat. The western population of Steller sea lions are listed as 
endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The proposed management 
measures may include Pacific cod fishery closures within Steller sea 
lion critical habitat and additional fishing seasons and total 
allowable catch apportionments that would disperse the fishery in time 
and area. This action should be considered controversial because of the 
effects of management measures on current fishing practices.

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802

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Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AO73
_______________________________________________________________________




557.  EMERGENCY RULE TO IMPLEMENT STELLER SEA LION REASONABLE 
AND PRUDENT ALTERNATIVE UNDER THE NOVEMBER 30 BIOLOGICAL OPINION ON THE 
ALASKA GROUNDFISH FISHERIES

Priority: Economically Significant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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 rule implements Steller sea lion protection measures and 
announces final 2001 specifications and associated management measures 
for groundfish fisheries of the BSAI management area in the Gulf of 
Alaska.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/22/01                     66 FR 7276


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AO82
_______________________________________________________________________




558.  OBSERVER PROGRAM ELECTRONIC REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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: Implement observer electronic reporting requirements for 
American Fisheries Act catcher vessels and correct existing regulatory 
language to require electronic reporting equipment to be operational.

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AO90
_______________________________________________________________________




559.  AMENDMENT 65 TO BSAI GROUNDFISH, AMENDMENT 65 TO GOA 
GROUNDFISH, AMENDMENT 12 FOR COMMERCIAL KING AND TANNER CRAB OF BSAI, 
AND AMENDMENT 7 FOR SCALLOP FISHERY OFF ALASKA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: These FMP amendments would classify selected HAPC biota as a 
prohibited species. The goal of these FMP amendments is to provide 
additional protection of essential fish habitat from potential adverse 
effects due to fishing-related activities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AO98
_______________________________________________________________________




560.  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 Notice of Proposed 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 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


Next Action Undetermined

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO70
_______________________________________________________________________




561. FINAL RULE TO AMEND MARINE MAMMAL REGULATIONS TO AUTHORIZE 
INCIDENTAL TAKINGS OF MARINE MAMMALS BY HARASSMENT AS AUTHORIZED BY 
PUBLIC LAW 103-238

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216

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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/31/95                    60 FR 28379
NPRM Comment Period End         10/16/95                    60 FR 35891
Interim Final Rule              04/10/96                    61 FR 15884
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal

Agency Contact: Kenneth R. Hollingshead
Phone: 301 713-2055
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AG80
_______________________________________________________________________




562. AMEND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TAKING AND IMPORTING OF MARINE 
MAMMALS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Gene Nitta
Phone: 301 713-2289

RIN: 0648-AH83
_______________________________________________________________________




563. 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
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Kellie Carter
Phone: 301 713-1401
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AJ91
_______________________________________________________________________




564. PACIFIC OFFSHORE CETACEAN TAKE REDUCTION PLAN

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 229

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Patricia Lawson
Phone: 301 713-2322
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AL70
_______________________________________________________________________




565. RULE FOR GEAR MODIFICATIONS TO THE ATLANTIC LARGE WHALE TAKE 
REDUCTION PLAN

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              12/21/00                    65 FR 80368


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Lawson
Phone: 301 713-2322
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AN88
_______________________________________________________________________




566. DESIGNATE CRITICAL HABITAT; DESIGNATION OF MARINE AREAS AS CRITICAL 
HABITAT FOR PACIFIC SALMON

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 226

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Kellie Carter
Phone: 301 713-1401
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AN89
_______________________________________________________________________




567. ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES: PERMIT EXEMPTIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 222

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Terri Jordan
Phone: 301 713-1401
Fax: 301 713-0376
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO37
_______________________________________________________________________




568. ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES: PERMITS: SUSPENSION CRITERIA AND 
PROCEDURES AND REVOCATION CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 222

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Terri Jordan
Phone: 301 713-1401
Fax: 301 713-0376
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO59



_______________________________________________________________________



NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE/OFFICE OF OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT


                    ________________________________



569. 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

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Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Helen Golde
Phone: 301 713-3145

RIN: 0648-AO36



_______________________________________________________________________



OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR


                    ________________________________



570. REGIONAL MARINE RESEARCH PROGRAM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Federalism:  Undetermined

Agency Contact: Don Scavia
Phone: 301 713-3060

RIN: 0648-AF20
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                          Completed Actions


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)



_______________________________________________________________________




571. FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE ATLANTIC HERRING FISHERY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/11/00                    65 FR 77450
Final Action Effective          12/11/00
Final Action Effective          01/10/01
Final Action Effective          03/12/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AI78
_______________________________________________________________________




572. AMENDMENT 59 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR GROUNDFISH IN THE 
GULF OF ALASKA TO CLOSE AN AREA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    11/09/00                    65 FR 67305

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AK74
_______________________________________________________________________




573. RULE TO IMPLEMENT AMENDMENT 9 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

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/16/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AK80
_______________________________________________________________________




574. OBSERVER FUNDING POLICY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       11/01/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Government Levels Affected: None

Federalism:  Undetermined

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead
Phone: 301 713-2334
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AL08
_______________________________________________________________________




575. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO ESTABLISH PROGRAM FOR COLLECTION AND USE OF 
FEES IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA PROGRAM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    03/20/00                    65 FR 14919

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AL71
_______________________________________________________________________




576. PR/FR VESSEL MONITORING SYSTEM FOR ALEUTIAN ISLAND ATKA MACKEREL 
FISHERY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    10/17/00                    65 FR 61264

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AM34
_______________________________________________________________________




577. AMENDMENT 4 - SCALLOP LICENSE LIMITATION PROGRAM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/14/00                    65 FR 78110

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AM42
_______________________________________________________________________




578. RECREATIONAL MEASURES FOR THE SUMMER FLOUNDER, SCUP, AND BLACK SEA 
BASS FISHERIES FOR FISHING YEAR 2000

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648

[[Page 25322]]

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       12/01/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AM46
_______________________________________________________________________




579. QUOTAS FOR THE ATLANTIC BLUEFISH FISHERY FOR FISHING YEAR 2000

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       04/01/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AM47
_______________________________________________________________________




580. OBSERVATION COVERAGE MULTISPECIES GROUNDFISH AND HALIBUT COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT QUOTA FISHERIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    11/17/00                    65 FR 69483

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AM53
_______________________________________________________________________




581. SIMPLIFICATION OF CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUND RULES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 259

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       01/23/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Charles L. Cooper
Phone: 301 713-2396
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AM95
_______________________________________________________________________




582. ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES; VESSEL AND DEALER PERMITS, 
VESSEL MONITORING SYSTEMS AND CATCH DOCUMENTATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    05/10/00                    65 FR 30014

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Dean Swanson
Phone: 301 713-2276
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AN42
_______________________________________________________________________




583. NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF NONCOMPLIANCE; NOTICE OF INTENT TO 
IMPLEMENT A MORATORIUM ON FISHING FOR TAUTOG IN RHODE ISLAND STATE 
WATERS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 697

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    05/30/00                    65 FR 34443

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Agency Contact: Richard H. Schaefer
Phone: 301 427-2014

RIN: 0648-AN48
_______________________________________________________________________




584. ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES; IMPLEMENTATION OF 1999 ICCAT 
RECOMMENDATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/12/00                    65 FR 77523

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead
Phone: 301 713-2334
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AN52
_______________________________________________________________________




585. SPECIFICATIONS FOR FISHING YEAR 2001 FOR THE ATLANTIC SURF CLAM, 
OCEAN QUAHOG, AND MAINE MAHOGANY OCEAN QUAHOG FISHERIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/08/00                    65 FR 66960
Final Action                    02/05/01                     66 FR 8904
Final Action Effective          02/05/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AN72
_______________________________________________________________________




586. 2001 HARVEST GUIDELINES FOR THE NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 
LOBSTER FISHERY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/02/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Charles Karnella
Phone: 808 973-2937

RIN: 0648-AN77
_______________________________________________________________________




587. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE OPTIMUM YIELD AND HARVEST LIMIT FOR PACIFIC 
SARDINE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/27/00                    65 FR 81766
Final Action Effective          01/01/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

[[Page 25323]]

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Rebecca Lent
Phone: 562 980-4001

RIN: 0648-AN78
_______________________________________________________________________




588. PACIFIC COAST GROUNDFISH FISHERY; ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 2001 
GROUNDFISH FISHERY SPECIFICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT MEASURES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action Effective          01/05/01
Final Action                    01/11/01                     66 FR 2338

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Donna Darm
Phone: 206 526-6150

RIN: 0648-AN82
_______________________________________________________________________




589. 2000-2001 GULF GROUP KING MACKEREL CATCH SPECIFICATIONS UNDER THE 
FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR COASTAL MIGRATORY PELAGIC RESOURCES OF THE 
GULF OF MEXICO AND SOUTH ATLANTIC

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/25/00                    65 FR 63837
Final Action                    03/30/01                    66 FR 17368

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Joseph Powers
Phone: 727 570-5301

RIN: 0648-AN85
_______________________________________________________________________




590. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO EXTEND THE PACIFIC HALIBUT DONATION PROGRAM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/14/00                    65 FR 78119

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AN98
_______________________________________________________________________




591. ANNUAL FRAMEWORK ADJUSTMENT FOR THE NORTHEAST MULTISPECIES FISHERY 
MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR FISHING YEAR 2001

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/22/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AO08
_______________________________________________________________________




592. ANNUAL FRAMEWORK ADJUSTMENT FOR THE MONKFISH FISHERY MANAGEMENT 
PLAN FOR FISHING YEAR 2001

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       04/01/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AO09
_______________________________________________________________________




593. EXTEND THE INTERIM OBSERVER PROGRAM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/03/00                    65 FR 66223
Final Action                    12/21/00                    65 FR 80381

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AO25
_______________________________________________________________________




594. AMENDMENT 14 TO THE FMP FOR THE KING AND TANNER CRAB FISHERIES - 
OPILIO REBUILDING PLAN

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    01/04/01                      66 FR 742

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AO27
_______________________________________________________________________




595. AMENDMENT 15 TO THE KING AND TANNER CRAB FMP - ST. MATTHEW BLUE 
KING CRAB REBUILDING PLAN

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/06/00                    65 FR 76175

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AO28
_______________________________________________________________________




596. AMENDMENT 12 TO THE PACIFIC COAST GROUNDFISH FISHERY MANAGEMENT 
PLAN -- OVERFISHED SPECIES REBUILDING PLANS PROCEDURAL FRAMEWORK

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/06/00                    65 FR 59811
Final Action                    12/29/00                    65 FR 82947
Final Action Effective          01/29/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Donna Darm
Phone: 206 526-6150

RIN: 0648-AO31

[[Page 25324]]

_______________________________________________________________________




597. NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF NONCOMPLIANCE; NOTICE OF INTENT TO 
IMPLEMENT A MORATORIUM ON FISHING FOR HORSESHOE CRABS IN VIRGINIA STATE 
WATERS

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 697

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/16/00                    65 FR 61116
Final Action                    10/31/00                    65 FR 64896

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Agency Contact: Richard H. Schaefer
Phone: 301 427-2014

RIN: 0648-AO33
_______________________________________________________________________




598. NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF NONCOMPLIANCE; NOTICE OF INTENT TO 
IMPLEMENT A MORATORIUM ON FISHING FOR AMERICAN SHAD IN SOUTH CAROLINA 
STATE WATERS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 697

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/12/00                    65 FR 77586

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Agency Contact: Richard H. Schaefer
Phone: 301 427-2014

RIN: 0648-AO34
_______________________________________________________________________




599. ESTABLISH CONTROL DATE TO LIMIT USE OF LIMITED ENTRY PERMITS OWNED 
BY OWNERS OF VESSELS ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS UNDER THE AMERICAN FISHERIES 
ACT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM Comment Period End        10/13/00
Withdrawn                       03/14/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Donna Darm
Phone: 206 526-6150

RIN: 0648-AO45
_______________________________________________________________________




600. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW CONTROL DATE FOR PELAGIC FISHERY IN AMERICAN 
SAMOA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    10/19/00                    65 FR 62692
Final Action Effective          11/20/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Charles Karnella
Phone: 808 973-2937

RIN: 0648-AO50
_______________________________________________________________________




601. MODIFY THE SCUP NORTHERN GEAR RESTRICTED AREA IN THE SUMMER 
FLOUNDER, SCUP AND BLACK SEA BASS FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN (FMP)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/02/00                    65 FR 65818
Final Action                    12/27/00                    65 FR 81761
Final Action Effective          03/27/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul
Phone: 978 281-9200

RIN: 0648-AO56
_______________________________________________________________________




602. FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES AND IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC; WESTERN 
PACIFIC PELAGIC FISHERIES; HAWAII-BASED PELAGIC LONGLINE AREA CLOSURE; 
EMERGENCY INTERIM RULE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    08/25/00                    65 FR 51992
Final Action Effective          08/25/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Charles Karnella
Phone: 808 973-2937

RIN: 0648-AO66
_______________________________________________________________________




603.  IMPLEMENT AMERICAN FISHERIES ACT (AFA) COOPERATIVE 
MEASURES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 677

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The action supersedes certain provisions of the AFA, revises 
formula for crab processing sideboard limits, revises observer coverage 
requirements, and revises authority to manage AFA sideboards for 
groundfish.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              01/22/01                     66 FR 7327

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James L. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228

RIN: 0648-AO72
_______________________________________________________________________




604.  CHANGES TO THE AREA 2A PACIFIC HALIBUT CATCH SHARING PLAN 
FOR 2001, SPORT FISHERY REGULATIONS FOR 2001, AND ANNUAL MANAGEMENT 
MEASURES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 773c

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Changes to Area 2A Pacific halibut catch sharing plan to 
adjust sport fisheries off Washington and commercial fisheries off 
Oregon and Washington, and annual management measures.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action Effective          03/15/01
Final Action                    03/21/01                    66 FR 15801

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

[[Page 25325]]

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Donna Darm, 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-AO80
_______________________________________________________________________




605.  ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES; REGULATORY ADJUSTMENTS 
FOR BLUE SHARKS

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 corrects the final regulations governing the Atlantic 
HMS fisheries to clarify the annual quota for blue sharks, to correct 
an incorrect reference to the minimum size limit for sharks, and to 
correct the position of the East Florida Coast closed area. These 
corrections and clarifications are necessary to avoid adverse impacts 
on fishery participants that would result from inconsistent 
interpretations of the regulations relative to these regulations and/or 
the inability of NMFS to enforce regulations due to lack of clarity.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action Effective          01/31/01
Final Action                    02/05/01                     66 FR 8903

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Bruce C. Morehead, Acting 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO95
_______________________________________________________________________




606. SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION; SHRIMP TRAWLING REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 222; 50 CFR 223

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    01/09/01                     66 FR 1601

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Kathryn Conant
Phone: 301 713-2325
Fax: 301 713-1043
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AK66
_______________________________________________________________________




607. ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES: PROPOSED RANGE EXTENSION FOR 
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STEELHEAD

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 222

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    06/07/00                    65 FR 36074

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Kellie Carter
Phone: 301 713-1401
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO05
_______________________________________________________________________




608. TAKING OF MARINE MAMMALS INCIDENTAL TO COMMERCIAL FISHING 
OPERATIONS; HARBOR PORPOISE TAKE REDUCTION PLAN REGULATIONS; CHANGES TO 
LIST OF EXEMPTED WATERS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 229

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/27/00                    65 FR 64415
Final Action                    01/11/01                     66 FR 2336

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Emily E. Hanson
Phone: 301 713-2322
Fax: 301 713-4060
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO30
_______________________________________________________________________




609. RULE FOR GEAR MODIFICATIONS TO THE ATLANTIC LARGE WHALE TAKE 
REDUCTION PLAN

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Duplicate of 0648-AM88          02/28/01

RIN: 0648-AO60
_______________________________________________________________________




610. WHALING PROVISIONS: ABORIGINAL SUBSISTENCE WHALING QUOTAS (BOWHEAD 
WHALES)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 230

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    05/14/00                    65 FR 49509

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Tribal

Agency Contact: Cathy Campbell
Phone: 301 713-2322

RIN: 0648-AO68
_______________________________________________________________________




611.  WHALING PROVISIONS: ABORIGINAL SUBSISTENCE WHALING QUOTAS 
(GRAY WHALES)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 16 USC 916 et seq

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 230

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: NMFS is announcing the aboriginal subsistence whaling quota 
for gray whales, and other limitations deriving from regulations 
adopted at the 1997 annual meeting of the International Whaling 
Commission.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/01/00                    65 FR 75186

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Tribal

Agency Contact: Cathy E. Campbell, Fishery Biologist, Office of 
Protected Resources, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 
20910
Phone: 301 713-2322
Fax: 301 713-0376
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0648-AO77

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612. REVISION OF FEDERAL CONSISTENCY REGULATIONS UNDER THE COASTAL ZONE 
MANAGEMENT ACT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 930

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/28/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

Agency Contact: Karl Gleaves
Phone: 301 713-2967

RIN: 0648-AD83
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                        Proposed Rule Stage


National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)



_______________________________________________________________________




613. MANDATORY REIMBURSEMENT RULES FOR RELOCATION OF FEDERAL SPECTRUM

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC sec 921 et seq; PL 105-261; 112 Stat/
1920(1998); 47 USC sec 923(g)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 301

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The National Defense Authorization Act requires successful 
bidders of auctions of Federal spectrum to compensate the Federal 
incumbent users for the marginal costs associated with the relocation 
of a Federal station. This mandatory reimbursement applies to the 20MHz 
of spectrum identified for reallocation under the Balanced Budget Act 
of 1997, the 1710-1755MHz band identified under the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1993, and future allocations. The National 
Defense Authorization Act requires NTIA to develop reimbursement 
procedures which are to include a process for resolving differences 
between the Federal Government and commercial licenses regarding 
estimates of relocation or modification of costs. This NPRM will set 
forth those rules.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Federalism:  Undetermined

Agency Contact: Milton Brown, Deputy Chief Counsel, Department of 
Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
HCHB Room 4713, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-1816
Fax: 202 501-8013
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0660-AA14
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                          Long-Term Actions


National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)



_______________________________________________________________________




614. IMPROVEMENT OF TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT OF INTERNET NAMES AND ADDRESSES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/20/98                     63 FR 8826
NPRM Comment Period End         03/23/98
Notice - Policy Statement       06/10/98                    63 FR 31741
Notice - Request for Public 
Comment                         08/04/98                    63 FR 41547
Notice - Extension of Comment 
Period to 10/05/98              08/27/98                    63 FR 45800
Notice - Public Meeting         02/10/99                     64 FR 6633
Request for Comments            08/22/00                    65 FR 50964
Comment Period End              10/06/00


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Karen Rose
Phone: 202 482-3167
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0660-AA11
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                        Proposed Rule Stage


Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)



_______________________________________________________________________




615. REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION TO PRACTICE BEFORE THE PTO IN PATENT 
CASES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2)(D); 35 USC 32

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.21; 37 CFR 10.7; 37 CFR 10.11

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rulemaking involves the restructuring of the 
administration and format of the Registration Examination for Patent 
Practitioners and the establishment of a continuing education 
requirement and annual fee for registered practitioners.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           09/30/96                    61 FR 51072
ANPRM Comment Period End        12/06/96
NPRM                            10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

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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
Phone: 703 306-4097

RIN: 0651-AA93
_______________________________________________________________________




616. TECHNICAL AND NONTECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION TO 
PRACTICE BEFORE THE PTO IN PATENT CASES, DISCIPLINARY RULES, AND 
INVESTIGATIONS AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2)(D); 35 USC 32

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 10

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rulemaking amends the rules of practice before the PTO 
to include the technical and nontechnical requirements for registration 
to practice before the PTO in patent cases, as well as new Disciplinary 
Rules, and new rules regarding Investigations and Disciplinary 
Proceedings.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: 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
Phone: 703 306-4097

RIN: 0651-AA95
_______________________________________________________________________




617. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: PL 106-113

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Patent and Trademark Office is developing a new 
procurement process consistent with authority conveyed in the 
Performance Based Organization Legislation, PL 106-113. The Patent and 
Trademark Office will publish a notice to inform industry and 
businesses of the availability of new acquisition regulations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/01
Final Action                    11/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is no 
statutory requirement. There is no paperwork burden associated with 
this action.

Agency Contact: Michael Anastasio, Acting Director, Office of 
Procurement, Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, 
Crystal Park 1, Suite 810, Office of Procurement, Washington, DC 20231
Phone: 703 305-8419
Fax: 703 305-8294
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0651-AB11
_______________________________________________________________________




618. PROCEDURES FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS, OBTAINING EVIDENCE, INDEMNIFYING 
EMPLOYEES, AND MAKING A CLAIM UNDER THE FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2); 28 USC 2672; 44 USC 3101

CFR Citation: None

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office proposes rules 
relating to litigation and claims against the Office. Specifically, the 
rules will provide procedures for service of process, for obtaining 
Office documents and employee testimony, for indemnifying employees, 
and for making a claim against the Office under the Federal Tort Claims 
Act.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/22/00                    65 FR 80810
NPRM Comment Period End         01/22/01
Publication of Comments         04/00/01

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0651-AB22
_______________________________________________________________________




619. RULES OF PRACTICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND 
INTERFERENCES IN APPEALS UNDER 35 U.S.C. 134

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(B)(2); 35 USC 6; 35 USC 134

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.14; 37 CFR 1.191 to 1.198

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                            10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: 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: [email protected]

RIN: 0651-AB27

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                           Final Rule Stage


Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)



_______________________________________________________________________




620. REVISION OF PATENT AND TRADEMARK FEES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002

Priority: Routine and Frequent

Legal Authority: 35 USC 41; 15 USC 1115; 35 USC 376; 15 USC 1051; 15 
USC 1113; 15 USC 1123; PL 105-358; PL 106-113; 35 USC 2(b)(2)

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, 2001.

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

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    08/00/01
Final Action Effective          10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Matthew Lee, Systems Analyst, Department of Commerce, 
Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, DC 20231
Phone: 703 305-8051

RIN: 0651-AB01
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                          Long-Term Actions


Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)



_______________________________________________________________________




621. COMPLAINTS REGARDING INVENTION PROMOTERS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 4

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              01/20/00                     65 FR 3127
Interim Final Rule Effective    01/28/00


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Kevin Baer
Phone: 703 305-9300
Fax: 703 305-8885
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0651-AB12
_______________________________________________________________________




622. 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

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Michael Briskin
Phone: 703 308-2000
Fax: 703 305-5907
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0651-AB17
_______________________________________________________________________




623. STUDY OF ALTERNATIVE FEE STRUCTURES

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

CFR Citation: None

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice                          10/02/00                    65 FR 58746


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Barrett J. Riordan
Phone: 703 305-8475
Fax: 703 305-8138
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0651-AB24
_______________________________________________________________________




624. REQUEST FOR COMMENT ON PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONVENTION ON JURISDICTION 
AND FOREIGN JUDGMENTS AND CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: None

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Request for Comments            10/17/00                    65 FR 61306
Comment Period Closed           01/12/01


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Jennifer Lucas
Phone: 703 305-9300
Fax: 703 305-8885
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0651-AB25
_______________________________________________________________________




625. NOTIFICATION OF REQUIRED AND OPTIONAL SEARCH CRITERIA FOR COMPUTER-
IMPLEMENTED BUSINESS METHOD PATENT APPLICATIONS IN CLASS 705 AND REQUEST 
FOR COMMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Robert A. Clarke
Phone: 703 305-9285
Fax: 703 305-6916
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0651-AB26
_______________________________________________________________________




626.  PROTECTION OF AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCES TO BE CONSIDERED BY 
THE WIPO DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(11)

CFR Citation: None

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) convened 
a Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances, 
in Geneva, Switzerland from December 7 to 20, 2000. Two basic proposals 
formed the basis for the negotiations: (1) the Basic Proposal for the 
Substantive Provisions of an Instrument on the Protection of 
Audiovisual Performances to be Considered by the Diplomatic Conference 
(document IAVP/DC/3), which was prepared by the Chairman of the 
Standing Committee on

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Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), and (2) the Basic Proposal for 
Administrative and Final Provisions of the Instrument (document IAVP/
DC/4), which was prepared by the International Bureau of WIPO. The 
United States Patent and Trademark Office, in cooperation with the U.S. 
Copyright Office and the U.S. Department of State, sought views of the 
public on this effort and the consequent potential changes to United 
States law and practice.

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Linda S. Lourie, Attorney Advisor, Department of 
Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, Box 4, Washington, DC 20231
Phone: 703 305-9300
Fax: 703 305-8885
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0651-AB28
_______________________________________________________________________




627.  STANDARD FOR DECLARING A PATENT INTERFERENCE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2)(a); 3(a)(2); 135(a); ...

CFR Citation: None

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The notice explains the standard for declaring interferences 
and solicits public comment on that standard.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice                          12/20/00                    65 FR 79809
Notice Extending Comment Period 02/01/01                     66 FR 8571
Comment Period End              02/28/01


Next Action Undetermined

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0651-AB29
_______________________________________________________________________




628.  ESTABLISHMENT OF DATABASE CONTAINING OFFICIAL INSIGNIA OF 
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 35 USC 2; PL 105-330, sec 302; ...

CFR Citation: None

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is 
proposing to create and maintain a database of the official insignia of 
federally and state recognized Native American tribes. The USPTO seeks 
comments on its proposed method for creating and maintaining this 
database.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice and Request for Comments 01/09/01                     66 FR 1649


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Ari Leifman, Attorney, Department of Commerce, Patent 
and Trademark Office, Box Comment Trademarks, Commissioner for 
Trademarks, Washington, DC 20231
Phone: 703 308-8900
Fax: 703 872-9285

RIN: 0651-AB30
_______________________________________________________________________




629.  ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FOR TRADEMARK 
REGISTRATION AND OTHER DOCUMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 15 USC 1123; 35 USC 2; ...

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.4; 37 CFR 1.10; 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; ...

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The USPTO proposes to amend its rules to make electronic 
filing of trademark documents mandatory. Subject to certain exceptions 
for individuals either without access to the Trademark Electronic 
Application System (TEAS) or without the technical capability to use 
TEAS, and persons described in 15 USC 1126(b), all documents for which 
an electronic form is available in TEAS will have to be filed through 
TEAS rather than through the mail or by hand delivery. In addition, the 
Office proposes to amend its rule concerning the use of U.S. Postal 
Service ``Express Mail Post Office to Addressee'' service, to eliminate 
the filing of any document by Express Mail for which an electronic form 
is currently available in TEAS.

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Mary E. Hannon, Staff Attorney, Department of Commerce, 
Patent and Trademark Office, 2900 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202-
3513
Phone: 703 308-8900
Fax: 703 872-9280
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0651-AB31
_______________________________________________________________________




630.  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 31; 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: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0651-AB32

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631.  CHANGES TO THE TIME PERIOD FOR MAKING ANY NECESSARY 
DEPOSITS OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2)

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In a rulemaking to implement the Patent Business Goals, the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) proposed a change to 
the time period within which a deposit of biological material (if 
needed) must be made. The Office held this proposed change in abeyance 
pending consideration of a study by the Comptroller General of the 
potential risks to the United States biotechnology industry relating to 
biological deposits as required by the American Inventors Protection 
Act of 1999. The Office is now, after consideration of this study, 
adopting a change to the time period within which a deposit of 
biological material (if needed) must be made and the depository 
information added to the specification.

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

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: 703 305-9285
Fax: 703 305-6916

RIN: 0651-AB33
_______________________________________________________________________




632.  DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN TO REMOVE PATENT AND TRADEMARK 
CLASSIFIED PAPER FILES FROM PUBLIC SEARCH FACILITIES

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: PL 106-113; 35 USC 11(a); ...

CFR Citation: None

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Public comment is being sought on issues associated with the 
development of a plan to remove the patent and trademark classified 
paper files from the United States Patent and Trademark Office's public 
search facilities and replace them with electronic records. Issues of 
particular interest to the agency include, but are not limited to, 
measures required to ensure the integrity of electronic records, the 
comparable functionality for searching and retrieving information from 
electronic records, and the disposition of the paper files.

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Martha Crockett Sneed, Manager, Public Search Services 
Division, Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, Office 
of the CIO, Washington, DC 20231
Phone: 703 308-5558
Fax: 703 306-2662
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0651-AB34
_______________________________________________________________________




633.  REVISION OF PATENT CORPORATION TREATY APPLICATION 
PROCEDURE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2)

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1

Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, March 1, 2001, Patent Cooperation 
Treaty.

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is 
amending its rules of practice relating to applications filed under the 
Patent Cooperative Treaty (PCT) to conform the United States rules of 
practice to the Regulations under the PCT which become effective March 
1, 2001. The result will be more streamlined procedures for filing and 
prosecuting international applications under the PCT.

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Charles Pearson, Office of PCT Legal Administrator, 
Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, Box PCT, Assistant 
Commissioner for Patents, Washington, DC 20231
Phone: 703 308-6515
Fax: 703 305-3230

RIN: 0651-AB35
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                          Completed Actions


Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)



_______________________________________________________________________




634. CHANGES TO IMPLEMENT OPTIONAL INTER PARTES REEXAMINATION 
PROCEEDINGS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Rule                      12/07/00                    65 FR 76755
Final Rule Effective            02/05/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Gerald A. Dost
Phone: 703 305-9285
Fax: 703 308-6916

RIN: 0651-AB04
_______________________________________________________________________




635. REVISED UTILITY EXAMINATION GUIDELINES

Priority: Economically Significant

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.74, 1.75, 1.104; 37 CFR 1.111 to 113

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Guidelines                01/05/01                     66 FR 1092
Guidelines Effective            01/05/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Mark Nagumo
Phone: 703 305-9035
Fax: 703 305-9373
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0651-AB09

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636. REVISED GUIDELINES FOR EXAMINATION OF PATENT APPLICATIONS UNDER THE 
35 USC SECTION 112, PARAGRAPH 1 ``WRITTEN DESCRIPTION'' REQUIREMENT

Priority: Economically Significant

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.75, 1.104, 1.111 to 113

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Guidelines                01/05/01                     66 FR 1099
Guidelines Effective            01/05/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Stephen Walsh
Phone: 703 305-9035
Fax: 703 305-9373
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0651-AB10
_______________________________________________________________________




637. SIMPLIFICATION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS IN PATENT INTERFERENCE 
PRACTICE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.601(f), 1.606, 1.609; 37 CFR 1.671, 1.682, 
1.683; 37 CFR 1.688

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      10/20/00
Final Action                    11/24/00                    65 FR 70489
Final Action Effective          12/26/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Fred E. McKelvey
Phone: 703 308-9797
Fax: 703 305-0942
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0651-AB15
_______________________________________________________________________




638. MADRID PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATION ACT RULES CHANGE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       01/09/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Mary E. Hannon
Phone: 703 308-8900
Fax: 703 872-9280
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0651-AB16
_______________________________________________________________________




639. TREATMENT OF MISPLACED APPLICATION AND PATENT FILES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Rule                      11/17/00                    65 FR 69446
Final Rule Effective            11/17/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Robert W. Bahr
Phone: 703 305-9285
Fax: 703 305-6916

RIN: 0651-AB19
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)                        Proposed Rule Stage


Technology Administration (TA)



_______________________________________________________________________




640. AMENDMENT TO RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS MADE BY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS 
AND SMALL BUSINESS FIRMS UNDER GOVERNMENT GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND 
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS

Priority: Routine and Frequent

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect the private sector under PL 
104-4.

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:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            10/00/01
Final Rule                      10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is no 
statutory requirement. There is no paperwork burden associated with 
this action.

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0692-AA18

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641. 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 planned action has been overtaken by events.

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                    10/00/01
Final Action Effective          10/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Jon Paugh, Director, Technology Competitiveness, 
Department of Commerce, Technology Administration, 14th & Pennsylvania 
Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2100
Fax: 202 219-8667
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0692-AA14
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642. 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                    10/00/01

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0692-AA15
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643. LICENSING OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED INVENTIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 35 USC 209; PL 106-404

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 404.7

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule implements Pub. L. 106-404, which shortens 
the comment period for exclusive licenses to government-owned 
inventions.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              07/00/01
Interim Final Rule Effective    07/00/01
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      08/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

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: [email protected]

RIN: 0692-AA17
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644. PROMOTION OF PRIVATE SECTOR INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 1160 subpart A

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/22/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Philip J. Greene
Phone: 202 482-1984
Fax: 202 482-0253
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 0692-AA13
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