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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BE05 Publication ID: Spring 2016 
Title: Cost Recovery from Amendment 80, CDQ Groundfish and Halibut, American Fisheries Act and Aleutian Islands Pollock, and the Freezer Longline Coalition Pacific Cod Fisheries Management Programs 
Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service implemented a limited access permit program cost recovery fee for Amendment 80, Western Alaska Community Development Quota groundfish and halibut, American Fisheries Act and Aleutian Islands Pollock, and the Pacific Cod Freezer Longline Coalition fisheries management programs in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. The purpose of this action was to comply with Section 304(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, which authorizes and requires the National Marine Fisheries Service to collect fees for limited access permit programs and the Western Alaska Community Development Quota program.The fees collected will be used to recover the actual costs directly related to the management, data collection, and enforcement of these programs that are incurred by the National Marine Fisheries Service. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679   
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.    Pub. L. 109-241    Pub. L. 109-479   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  01/07/2015  80 FR 935   
NPRM Comment Period End  02/06/2015 
Final Action  01/05/2016  81 FR 150   
Final Action Effective  02/04/2016 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes 
Agency Contact:
James Balsiger
Regional Administrator, Alaska Region
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
709 West Ninth Street,
Juneau, AK 99801
Phone:907 586-7221
Email: jim.balsiger@noaa.gov