{"id":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-067","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"National Marine Fisheries Service (all federally managed fisheries)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"National Marine Fisheries Service","authority":"16 U.S.C. 1855(c)(3)(C)","instrument":"Temporary rule; interim final action, \u0027Emergency Measures To Address Fishery Observer Coverage During the Coronavirus Pandemic\u0027 (revising the termination date of the Observer Waiver Rule), 86 Fed. Reg. 16307 (Mar. 29, 2021), RIN 0648-BK33, Docket No. 210324-0064","title":"Emergency Measures To Address Fishery Observer Coverage During the Coronavirus Pandemic (revision of termination date)","dateIssued":"2021-03-29","effective":"2021-03-27","end":"2022-03-26 (or on publication of a notice of termination)","startDate":"2021-03-27","endDate":"2022-03-26","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["SUPPLY","EMP","TRAV"],"addressees":["as for 065"],"clause":"SUMMARY: NMFS promulgates this interim final rule to revise the termination date of an emergency action that provides authority to waive some observer coverage requirements. NMFS is taking this action to address public health concerns that relate to the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) [pandemic]... DATES: Effective March 27, 2021, through March 26, 2022. Comments must be received by May 28, 2021.... That initial emergency action, hereafter referred to as the Observer Waiver Rule, was taken [under the MSA] emergency rulemaking authority at section 305(c)(3), 16 U.S.C. 1855(c)(3), and was effective for 180 days.... On September 21, 2020, due to the ongoing pandemic, NMFS extended the effectiveness of the Observer Waiver Rule for 186 days, or until March 26, 2021.... The Secretary of HHS, by memo dated February 25, 2021, concurs with the extension of the Observer Waiver Rule.... This interim final rule only revises the termination date of the Observer Waiver Rule and does not change the waiver criteria.","enforcement":"16 U.S.C. 1857-1859","functions":["DR fishing vessels","SC observer providers","PK first receivers and processors","WF observers and crews","CB seafood supply chain"],"notes":"In force on every day of 2021 Q3: a federal regulator\u0027s own finding, concurred in by the Secretary of HHS, that the pandemic still required emergency relief from the fleet\u0027s observer-coverage conditions through March 2022.","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-03-29/pdf/2021-06458.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":208807,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-067","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-067","citation":"National Marine Fisheries Service, Temporary rule; interim final action, \u0027Emergency Measures To Address Fishery Observer Coverage During the Coronavirus Pandemic\u0027 (revising the termination date of the Observer Waiver Rule), 86 Fed. Reg. 16307 (Mar. 29, 2021), RIN 0648-BK33, Docket No. 210324-0064 (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-067)","stateName":"","related":[]}