33148 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 137 / Tuesday, July 17, 2018 / Rules and Regulations item acquisitions consistent with DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE regulations for Atlantic HMS are at 50 authorities in the Clinger-Cohen Act. By CFR part 635. National Oceanic and Atmospheric cross referencing FAR 12.207 and its Background enumeration of contract types Administration authorized for the acquisition of The regulations at 50 CFR part 635 are commercial items, the CAS Board 50 CFR Part 635 promulgated under ATCA and the Magnuson-Stevens Act for the expects to eliminate disparities between [Docket No. 180205129–8129–01] conservation and management of the FAR and CAS Board rules that has RIN 0648–BH50 Atlantic highly migratory species, created confusion for contractors and including species of tunas, billfish, subcontractors. The economic impact on Atlantic Highly Migratory Species sharks, and swordfish. In 2006, NMFS contractors and subcontractors is, consolidated Atlantic HMS management AGENCY: therefore, expected to be minor. As a National Marine Fisheries into one fishery management plan, the result, the Board has determined that Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP. Since this rule will not result in the Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), then, NMFS has amended the FMP ten promulgation of an ‘‘economically Commerce. times through the fishery management significant rule’’ under the provisions of ACTION: Final rule; technical plan amendment process and has made Executive Order 12866, and that a amendments. numerous other regulatory changes regulatory impact analysis will not be through framework actions. With this SUMMARY: required, and the requirements of E.O. This final rule makes editorial volume of regulatory action, some small 13771, Reducing Regulation and corrections amending the regulations for grammatical and other errors have Controlling Regulatory Costs, do not Atlantic highly migratory species accumulated over time. As described in (HMS). This final action will make the apply. For the same reason, this final the sections below, this technical rules easier to use by making the cross- rule is not a ‘‘major rule’’ under the amendment corrects grammatical, references in the regulations accurate, Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. punctuation, consistency, cross- correcting grammatical and punctuation Chapter 8. Finally, this rule does not reference errors in the HMS regulations issues, and reformatting the regulations at 50 CFR part 635. As explained in the have a significant effect on a substantial where needed to be consistent with number of small entities because small Consistency section below, it also Federal Register guidelines. The action simplifies regulatory text by removing businesses are exempt from the also in several instances simplifies application of the Cost Accounting unnecessary language in several limited regulatory text by removing unnecessary instances. Standards. Therefore, this rule does not language. The rule is administrative in require a regulatory flexibility analysis nature and does not make any change Typographical Corrections under the Regulatory Flexibility Act of with substantive effect to the regulations The following grammatical, 1980, 5 U.S.C. Chapter 6. for HMS fisheries. punctuation, or clerical errors (i.e., List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 9903 DATES: This final rule is effective on July typographical errors) in the HMS 17, 2018. regulations are corrected by this final Cost Accounting Standards, ADDRESSES: Documents related to HMS rule: Government procurement. fisheries management, such as the 2006 The definition of ‘‘CK’’ at § 635.2 does not spell out the words for which it is Lesley A. Field, Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and its amendments, are an acronym. This final action therefore Acting Chair, Cost Accounting Standards available from the HMS Management adds ‘‘Cleithrum to Caudal Keel’’ before Board. Division website at https:// the acronym ‘‘CK.’’ The definition of ‘‘Hammerhead Sharks’’ at § 635.2 For the reasons set forth in this www.fisheries.noaa.gov/topic/atlantic- capitalizes the word ‘‘shark(s).’’ This preamble, 48 CFR part 9903 is amended highly-migratory-species or upon final action changes to lowercase the as follows: request from the HMS Management Division at 1315 East-West Highway, word ‘‘shark(s).’’ The regulation at PART 9903—CONTRACT COVERAGE Silver Spring, MD 20910. § 635.4(l)(2)(viii) does not capitalize the word ‘‘tunas’’ in the permit title, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ‘‘Atlantic Tunas Longline category ■ 1. The authority citation for part 9903 Lauren Latchford, Larry Redd, or Karyl LAP.’’ This final action capitalizes the continues to read as follows: Brewster-Geisz by phone at 301–427– word ‘‘Tunas.’’ The regulation at Authority: Pub. L. 111–350, 124 Stat. 8503. § 635.5(b)(1)(i) has commas incorrectly 3677, 41 U.S.C. 1502. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Atlantic after the words ‘‘all’’ and ‘‘swordfish’’ in HMS are managed under the dual the sentence, ‘‘All reports must be ■ 2. Section 9903.201–1 is amended by authority of the Magnuson-Stevens species-specific and must include the revising paragraph (b)(6) to read as Fishery Conservation and Management required information about all, follows: Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., (Magnuson- swordfish, and sharks received by the 9903.201–1 CAS applicability. Stevens Act) and the Atlantic Tunas dealer.’’ This final action removes the Convention Act, 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq., misplaced commas. The regulation at * * * * * (ATCA). On October 2, 2006, NMFS § 635.5(c)(2) is missing apostrophes and (b) * * * published in the Federal Register (71 has extra parentheses in three places (6) Contracts and subcontracts FR 58058) regulations implementing the where the text should read, ‘‘owner’s authorized in 48 CFR 12.207 for the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP, which designee.’’ This final action adds acquisition of commercial items. details the management measures for apostrophes and removes the mistaken Atlantic HMS fisheries; these parentheses to correct this text. The * * * * * management measures have been regulations at § 635.6(b)(1)(ii) and (c)(1) [FR Doc. 2018–15176 Filed 7–16–18; 8:45 am] amended or otherwise modified do not capitalize the word ‘‘Arabic.’’ BILLING CODE 3110–01–P numerous times. The implementing This final action corrects this error and VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:09 Jul 16, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\17JYR1.SGM 17JYR1 daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with RULES Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 137 / Tuesday, July 17, 2018 / Rules and Regulations 33149 capitalizes ‘‘Arabic.’’ The regulation at 635.21(b)(1), (c)(3) and (4), (c)(5)(iii)(A) 635.21(c)(5)(iv) references paragraphs § 635.9(e)(4) has two commas rather and (B), (g)(2) and (3), 635.27(c)(1)(i)(A) (A), (B), (C), (G), (H), and (K) as than one after the words ‘‘trip’’ and and (B), 635.28(a)(3), and 635.71(a)(53) specifying ‘‘[o]ther devices proposed for ‘‘e.g.’’ This final action removes the and (e)(10) and (11) do not use the use as line clippers or cutters or de- extra commas. The regulation at acronym ‘‘LAP’’ for ‘‘limited access hookers.’’ This final action adds § 635.14(b)(1) uses two different styles permit.’’ This final action changes references to paragraphs (I) and (J) to of quotation marks around the words ‘‘limited access permit’’ to ‘‘LAP’’ so that list. Additionally, §§ 635.22(c)(1) ‘‘bluefin tuna ratio.’’ This final action that the acronym defined at § 635.2 is and (5) and (d) and 635.23(a)(2) and (4), changes the quotation marks so that used consistently across the HMS have cross references that are broadly they are the same and removes the colon regulations. The regulations at referenced and need to be more specific within this regulation. The regulation at §§ 635.15(k) and (l)(4)(iii) and to the correct provision under part 635. § 635.14(b)(1) incorrectly capitalizes the 635.21(c)(5)(iii)(B) incorrectly use the This action corrects those cross word ‘‘Swordfish.’’ This final action word ‘‘permit’’ or ‘‘permitted’’ instead references by adding the specific cross changes ‘‘Swordfish’’ to ‘‘swordfish.’’ of the acronym ‘‘LAP’’ when referring to reference location (e.g., within The regulation at § 635.15(c)(3)(iv) is the Atlantic Tunas Longline category § 635.22(c)(1), changing the reference missing the word ‘‘year’’ and has an limited access permit. For consistency from § 635.4 to § 635.4(e)). extra period at the end of the first within the regulations referring to the Consistency Corrections sentence. This final action adds the Atlantic Tunas Longline category word ‘‘year’’ and removes the extra limited access permit, this final action Regulations at §§ 635.2 (definition of period. Additionally, this regulation changes the word ‘‘permit’’ or ‘‘Exporter’’) and 635.4(a)(6) use a incorrectly capitalizes the words ‘‘permitted’’ to ‘‘LAP.’’ The regulations Federal Register citation format that is ‘‘Eastern Time.’’ This final action at §§ 635.4(l)(2)(iii) and 635.21(b)(1) inconsistent with the citation format changes ‘‘Eastern Time’’ to ‘‘eastern incorrectly name a permit as ‘‘tuna otherwise used in part 635. This final time.’’ The regulation at § 635.21(g)(1) longline LAPs.’’ This final action action revises the citation format for uses ‘‘NOAA Fisheries,’’ and the final corrects the permit name to ‘‘Atlantic consistency purposes. action changes it to ‘‘NMFS’’ for Tunas Longline category LAP.’’ The At § 635.4(c)(2), this final action consistency across the regulations. The regulations at §§ 635.21(c)(5)(iii)(A) and changes the word ‘‘issued’’ to ‘‘with’’ to regulation at § 635.27(d)(1) incorrectly 635.71(a)(40) and (b)(36) through (38), be more internally consistent. uses the word ‘‘this’’ in the second incorrectly list a permit name as ‘‘tunas At § 635.4(l)(2)(viii), this final action sentence. This final action changes Longline category permit.’’ This final removes the word ‘‘an’’ to be more ‘‘this’’ to ‘‘the.’’ Additionally, this final action corrects the permit name to internally consistent.