Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Amendment 14 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan

Published date24 September 2020
Record Number2020-21086
SectionNotices
CourtNational Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
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(3 CFR, 2001 Comp. 783 (2002)), which was
extended by successive Presidential Notices,
continued the Regulations in full force and effect
under the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701, et seq. (2012)
(‘‘IEEPA’’). Section 1768 of ECRA, 50 U.S.C. 4826,
provides in pertinent part that all rules and
regulations that were made or issued under the
EAA, including as continued in effect pursuant to
IEEPA, and were in effect as of ECRA’s date of
enactment (August 13, 2018), shall continue in
effect according to their terms until modified,
superseded, set aside, or revoked through action
undertaken pursuant to the authority provided
under ECRA. See note 1, supra.
has received a written submission from
Chehade.
Based upon my review of the record,
including Chehade’s written submission
from Counsel, and consultations with
BIS’s Office of Export Enforcement,
including its Director, and the facts
available to BIS, I have decided to deny
Chehade’s export privileges under the
Regulations for a period of seven years
from the date of Chehade’s conviction.
I have also decided to revoke any BIS-
issued licenses in which Chehade had
an interest at the time of his conviction.
Accordingly, it is hereby ordered:
First, from the date of this Order until
May 8, 2026, Walid Chehade, with a last
known address of 4855 Hawthorn Lane,
Unit 20, Westlake, OH 44145, and when
acting for or on his behalf, his
successors, assigns, employees, agents
or representatives (‘‘the Denied
Person’’), may not directly or indirectly
participate in any way in any
transaction involving any commodity,
software or technology (hereinafter
collectively referred to as ‘‘item’’)
exported or to be exported from the
United States that is subject to the
Regulations, including, but not limited
to:
A. Applying for, obtaining, or using
any license, license exception, or export
control document;
B. Carrying on negotiations
concerning, or ordering, buying,
receiving, using, selling, delivering,
storing, disposing of, forwarding,
transporting, financing, or otherwise
servicing in any way, any transaction
involving any item exported or to be
exported from the United States that is
subject to the Regulations, or engaging
in any other activity subject to the
Regulations; or
C. Benefitting in any way from any
transaction involving any item exported
or to be exported from the United States
that is subject to the Regulations, or
from any other activity subject to the
Regulations.
Second, no person may, directly or
indirectly, do any of the following:
A. Export or reexport to or on behalf
of the Denied Person any item subject to
the Regulations;
B. Take any action that facilitates the
acquisition or attempted acquisition by
the Denied Person of the ownership,
possession, or control of any item
subject to the Regulations that has been
or will be exported from the United
States, including financing or other
support activities related to a
transaction whereby the Denied Person
acquires or attempts to acquire such
ownership, possession or control;
C. Take any action to acquire from or
to facilitate the acquisition or attempted
acquisition from the Denied Person of
any item subject to the Regulations that
has been exported from the United
States;
D. Obtain from the Denied Person in
the United States any item subject to the
Regulations with knowledge or reason
to know that the item will be, or is
intended to be, exported from the
United States; or
E. Engage in any transaction to service
any item subject to the Regulations that
has been or will be exported from the
United States and which is owned,
possessed or controlled by the Denied
Person, or service any item, of whatever
origin, that is owned, possessed or
controlled by the Denied Person if such
service involves the use of any item
subject to the Regulations that has been
or will be exported from the United
States. For purposes of this paragraph,
servicing means installation,
maintenance, repair, modification or
testing.
Third, pursuant to Section 1760(e) of
the Export Control Reform Act (50
U.S.C. 819(e) and Sections 766.23 and
766.25 of the Regulations, any other
person, firm, corporation, or business
organization related to Chehade by
ownership, control, position of
responsibility, affiliation, or other
connection in the conduct of trade or
business may also be made subject to
the provisions of this Order in order to
prevent evasion of this Order.
Fourth, in accordance with Part 756 of
the Regulations, Chehade may file an
appeal of this Order with the Under
Secretary of Commerce for Industry and
Security. The appeal must be filed
within 45 days from the date of this
Order and must comply with the
provisions of Part 756 of the
Regulations.
Fifth, a copy of this Order shall be
delivered to Chehade and shall be
published in the Federal Register.
Sixth, this Order is effective
immediately and shall remain in effect
until May 8, 2026.
Issued this 21st day of September, 2020.
Karen H. Nies-Vogel,
Director, Office of Exporter Services.
[FR Doc. 2020–21113 Filed 9–23–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DT–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–BI59
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species;
Amendment 14 to the 2006
Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory
Species Fishery Management Plan
AGENCY
: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION
: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
SUMMARY
: NMFS announces the
availability of Draft Amendment 14 to
the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly
Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery
Management Plan (FMP). Draft
Amendment 14 is being undertaken to
revise the mechanism or ‘‘framework’’
used in establishing quotas and related
management measures for Atlantic
shark fisheries. The current framework
was established in Amendment 3 to the
2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP.
The revised framework would modify
the procedures followed in establishing
the acceptable biological catch (ABC)
and annual catch limits (ACLs) for
Atlantic sharks and the process used to
account for carryover or underharvests
of quotas. It would also allow the option
to phase-in ABC catch control rules and
to adopt multi-year overfishing status
determination criteria in some
circumstances. Amendment 14 will not
make changes to the current quotas or
other management measures. Such
changes would be adopted through
subsequent rulemaking.
DATES
: Written comments must be
received by December 31, 2020. NMFS
will hold two operator-assisted public
hearings via conference calls and
webinars on Draft Amendment 14 in
October and November 2020. For
specific dates and times, see the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of
this document.
ADDRESSES
: Electronic copies of Draft
Amendment 14 to the 2006
Consolidated HMS FMP may be
obtained on the internet at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/
amendment-14-2006-consolidated-hms-
fishery-management-plan-shark-quota-
management.
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You may submit comments on this
document, identified by NOAA–NMFS–
2019–0040, via the Federal e-
Rulemaking Portal. Go to
www.regulations.gov, enter NOAA–
NMFS–2019–0040 into the search box,
click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered by NMFS. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted for public
viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible. NMFS will
accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/
A’’ in the required fields if you wish to
remain anonymous).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: Guy
DuBeck (Guy.DuBeck@noaa.gov), Ian
Miller (Ian.Miller@noaa.gov), or Karyl
Brewster-Geisz (Karyl.Brewster-Geisz@
noaa.gov) by email, or by phone at (301)
427–8503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: The
Magnuson-Stevens Act requires that any
FMP or FMP amendment be consistent
with 10 National Standards (NS).
Specifically, NS1 requires ‘‘conservation
and management measures shall prevent
overfishing while achieving, on a
continuing basis, the optimum yield
from each fishery for the United States
fishing industry.’’ In 2016, NMFS
revised the NS1 guidelines to improve,
streamline, and enhance their utility for
managers and the public and to
facilitate compliance with the
requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act and provide management flexibility
in doing so (81 FR 71858; October 18,
2016). The revisions addressed a range
of issues, such as providing guidance on
options to phase in changes to catch
limits and carry over unused quota from
one year to the next. In Draft
Amendment 14, NOAA Fisheries is
taking action to revise the mechanism or
‘‘framework’’ used in establishing
quotas and related management
measures in Atlantic shark fisheries,
considering the revised guidance. The
current framework was established in
Amendment 3 to the 2006 Consolidated
HMS FMP. The revised framework
would incorporate for potential use
several optional fishery management
tools in the revised NS1 guidelines.
The revised NS1 guidelines have
provided NMFS the opportunity to
increase management flexibility to
ensure scientific uncertainty is
accurately accounted for and properly
account for variability in shark harvests.
NMFS has explored options to revise
the management framework for Atlantic
shark stocks and management
complexes. Specifically, within Draft
Amendment 14, NMFS has identified
the following objectives:
Optimize the ability for the
commercial shark fishery to harvest
available, science-based shark quotas, to
the extent practicable, while also
considering the fairness among sectors;
Revise the ABC control rule
methodology as established in
Amendment 3 to increase accountability
and transparency when implementing
ABCs for shark fisheries, consistent with
provisions in the revised NS1
guidelines;
Revise the ACL framework to reflect
changes in the ABC control rule
methodology to ensure that effective
ACLs are established for non-prohibited
shark species, taking into account
scientific uncertainty;
Modify the process for accounting
for and distributing quota underharvest
or overharvest in the commercial sector
ACLs;
Increase management flexibility to
react to and account for changes in the
distribution of shark harvest among
sectors; and
Increase management flexibility to
appropriately react to scientific
uncertainties, changes in stock status, or
changes in allowable harvest levels to
ensure stability within the fishery.
NMFS published a notice of intent
(NOI) to prepare an environmental
impact statement (EIS) for Amendment
14 (84 FR 23014; May 21, 2019). NMFS
prepared an Issues and Options paper
on management options and held four
scoping meetings to discuss scoping
regarding Amendment 14. NMFS
initially was prepared to undertake an
EIS for Amendment 14 but determined
after considering public comments, the
structure of the Draft Amendment, and
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) guidance that an EIS is not
required for the Amendment.
Amendment 14 will only establish the
procedures to follow in setting the ABC,
ACLs, and in accounting for carryover
or underharvests of quotas. Amendment
14 will not make changes to the current
quotas or other management measures.
Any changes to ABCs, ACLs, quotas, or
other measures would be made in future
rulemakings, and would be informed by
the appropriate NEPA analyses and
public review.
In Draft Amendment 14, NMFS
considers management options in order
to revise the shark framework that
established in Amendment 3. The
management options being considered
include modifying the ABC control rule,
revising processes for the
implementation of an ABC, and
modifying carry-over and phase-in
provisions and multi-year overfishing
status determinations. A full description
of the management options considered,
including the preferred management
options, are provided in Draft
Amendment 14. Draft Amendment 14
does not consider any changes to
management of the prohibited shark
complex.
Public Hearings
NMFS will take into consideration
public comments on Draft Amendment
14 before finalizing the preferred
management options. The preferred
management options may be altered or
different management options may be
adopted at the final Amendment stage.
NMFS anticipates that Final
Amendment 14 and its related
documents would be available in 2021.
Comments on Draft Amendment 14
may be submitted via
www.regulations.gov, and comments
may also be submitted at the public
hearings. NMFS solicits comments on
this action by December 31, 2020.
During the comment period, NMFS will
hold two operator-assisted public
hearings via conference calls and
webinars (Table 1). In addition, NMFS
will present to the HMS Advisory Panel
to discuss this action. NMFS will
announce the times of HMS Advisory
Panel discussion in a future Federal
Register notice.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq., and 1801
et seq.
Dated: September 18, 2020.
Samuel D. Rauch, III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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Comments can be entered electronically
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In addition to the submission of
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