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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 174 / Monday, September 13, 2021 / Rules and Regulations electronically as an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Michael P. Shores, Director, Office of Regulation Policy &
Management, Office of General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.

Accordingly, the interim final rule amending 38 CFR part 17, which was published at 84 FR 21668 on May 14, 2019, is adopted as final with the following technical amendments:
PART 17MEDICAL
1. The general authority citation for part 17 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in specific sections

17.4110, 17.4130, and 17.4135
Amended
2. In 17.4110, 17.4130, and 17.4135, remove the OMB statement The information collection requirements have been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget OMB and are pending OMB
approval. and add in its place Office of Management and Budget approved the collection of information under control number 29000872..

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 622
Docket No. 121004515360802; RTID
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Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; 2021
Commercial Closure for South Atlantic Red Snapper National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:

NMFS implements an accountability measure for red snapper in the exclusive economic zone EEZ of the South Atlantic. NMFS projects commercial landings of red snapper have reached the commercial annual
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catch limit ACL for the 2021 fishing year. Therefore, NMFS is closing the commercial sector for red snapper in the South Atlantic EEZ. This closure is necessary to protect the red snapper resource.
DATES: This temporary rule is effective from 12:01 a.m., eastern time, on September 14, 2021, through December 31, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Vara, NMFS Southeast Regional Office, telephone: 7278245305, email:
mary.vara@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The snapper-grouper fishery of the South Atlantic includes red snapper and is managed under the Fishery Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region FMP. The FMP was prepared by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council and is implemented by NMFS under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Magnuson-Stevens Act by regulations at 50 CFR part 622.
The commercial ACL for red snapper in the South Atlantic is 124,815 lb 56,615 kg, round weight, as specified in 50 CFR 622.193y1.
Under 50 CFR 622.193y1, NMFS is required to close the commercial sector for red snapper when the commercial ACL is reached, or is projected to be reached, by filing a notification to that effect with the Office of the Federal Register. NMFS has determined that the commercial ACL for South Atlantic red snapper will be reached by September 14, 2021. Accordingly, the commercial sector for South Atlantic red snapper is closed effective at 12:01 a.m., eastern time, on September 14, 2021. For the 2022 fishing year, unless otherwise specified, the commercial season will begin on the second Monday in July 50
CFR 622.183b5i.
The operator of a vessel with a valid commercial vessel permit for South Atlantic snapper-grouper having red snapper on board must have landed and bartered, traded, or sold such red snapper prior to 12:01 a.m., eastern time, on September 14, 2021. Because the recreational sector closed on July 12, 2021 86 FR 30393, June 8, 2021, after the commercial sector closure that is effective on September 14, 2021, all harvest and possession of red snapper in or from the South Atlantic EEZ is
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prohibited for the remainder of the 2021
fishing year.
On and after the effective date of the closure notification, all sale or purchase of red snapper is prohibited. This prohibition on the harvest, possession, sale or purchase applies in the South Atlantic on a vessel for which a valid Federal commercial or charter vessel/
headboat permit for South Atlantic snapper-grouper has been issued, regardless if such species were harvested or possessed in state or Federal waters 50 CFR 622.193y1
and 622.181c2.
Classification NMFS issues this action pursuant to section 305d of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. This action is required by 50 CFR
622.193y1, which was issued pursuant to section 304b of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553bB, the NMFS Assistant Administrator AA
finds good cause to waive prior notice and an opportunity for public comment on this action, as notice and comment are unnecessary and contrary to the public interest. Such procedures are unnecessary because the rule that established the commercial season, ACL, and accountability measure for red snapper has already been subject to notice and comment, and all that remains is to notify the public of the closure. Such procedures are contrary to the public interest because of the need to immediately implement this action to protect red snapper because the capacity of the fishing fleet allows for rapid harvest of the commercial ACL. Prior notice and opportunity for public comment would require time and could potentially result in a harvest well in excess of the established commercial ACL.
For the aforementioned reasons, the AA also finds good cause to waive the 30-day delay in the effectiveness of this action under 5 U.S.C. 553d3.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 8, 2021.
Jennifer M. Wallace, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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