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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 127 / Wednesday, July 7, 2021 / Rules and Regulations

32. Amend 391.64 by revising the section heading to read as follows:

391.64 Grandfathering for certain drivers who participated in a vision waiver study program.

Issued under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.87.
Meera Joshi, Deputy Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

50 CFR Part 300

Background
Docket No. 2106290138

On October 20, 2020, NMFS
published a proposed rule in the Federal Register 85 FR 66513
proposing to establish requirements to safeguard fishery observers and to establish pre-trip notification procedures for observer placement. The 30-day public comment period for the proposed rule closed on November 19, 2020.
The final rule is issued under the authority of the WCPFC Implementation Act 16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., which authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Department in which the United States Coast Guard is operating currently the Department of Homeland Security, to promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the obligations of the United States under the Convention, including the decisions of the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean WCPFC or Commission.
The WCPFC Implementation Act further provides that the Secretary of Commerce shall ensure consistency, to the extent practicable, of fishery management programs administered under the WCPFC Implementation Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act MSA; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., as well as other specific laws see 16 U.S.C.
6905b. The Secretary of Commerce has delegated the authority to promulgate regulations under the WCPFC Implementation Act to NMFS.
A map showing the boundaries of the area of application of the Convention Convention Area, which comprises the majority of the WCPO, can be found on
RIN 0648BG66

International Fisheries; Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Requirements To Safeguard Fishery Observers National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:

Under authority of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act WCPFC Implementation Act, NMFS
issues this final rule establishing requirements to safeguard fishery observers and establishing pre-trip notification procedures for observer placement. This action is necessary to satisfy the obligations of the United States under the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean Convention, to which it is a Contracting Party.
DATES: This rule is effective on August 6, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Copies of supporting documents prepared for this final rule, including the regulatory impact review RIR, as well as the proposed rule 85
FR 66513; October 20, 2020, are available via the Federal e-rulemaking Portal, at www.regulations.gov search for Docket ID NOAANMFS2020
0125. Those documents are also available from NMFS at the following address: Michael D. Tosatto, Regional Administrator, NMFS, Pacific Islands Regional Office PIRO, 1845 Wasp SUMMARY:

khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES

Blvd., Building 176, Honolulu, HI
96818.
A final regulatory flexibility analysis FRFA prepared under authority of the Regulatory Flexibility Act is included in the Classification section of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
Written comments regarding the burden-hour estimates or other aspects of the collection-of-information requirements contained in this rule may be submitted to PIRO at the address listed above, by email to OIRA_
Submission@omb.eop.gov, or by fax to 202 3955806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Valerie Post, NMFS PIRO, 808725
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the WCPFC website at: www.wcpfc.int/
doc/convention-area-map.
This final rule implements specific provisions of Conservation and Management Measure CMM 201703, Conservation and Management Measure for WCPFC Regional Programme Observers, as well as establishes pre-trip notification procedures for observer placement. The preamble to the proposed rule provides background information, including information on the Convention and the Commission, the provisions that are being implemented in this rule, and the basis for the regulations, which is not repeated here.
The Action The specific elements of the final rule are detailed below.
1. Observer Safety Requirements This final rule implements specific requirements for vessel owners and operators to help ensure the safety of WCPFC observers.1 CMM 201703
describes requirements for vessel owners and operators specifically related to vessel operations, notification, search and rescue procedures, and investigations in the event of death, injury, serious illness, missing overboard, or harassment of a WCPFC
observer.
NMFS is not promulgating additional regulations in the event of death, loss or serious injury as they would be duplicative of U.S. Coast Guard regulations on marine casualties and investigations at 46 CFR part 4.
Under the final rule, vessel owners and operators are required to notify the designated authorities as specified by the Regional Administrator at https
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/
commercial-fishing/western-andcentral-pacific-longline-and-purseseine-vessels in the event of serious illness, assault, intimidation, threats, interference, or harassment of a WCPFC
observer. NMFS has created a website that provides specific contact information of the designated authorities, including emails and phone numbers. At this time, NMFS has identified the observer provider and NOAA Office of Law Enforcement Pacific Islands Division Duty Officer as contacts in the event of serious assault, 1 A WCPFC observer is a person authorized by the Commission in accordance with any procedures established by the Commission to undertake vessel observer duties as part of the Commissions Regional Observer Programme ROP, including an observer deployed as part of a NMFS-administered observer program or as part of another national or sub-regional observer program, provided that such program is authorized by the Commission to be part of the Commissions ROP see 50 CFR 300.211.

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