0648-BE34 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 0600 Department of Commerce DOC Regulatory Amendment to West Coast Groundfish Fisheries Regarding Interim Allocations, Extension of an Adaptive Management Program Quota Pass-Through, and Addition of Sorting Requirements

This interim rulemaking would establish conservative Pacific Coast groundfish harvest specifications and management measures based on the lower of either the existing 2014 harvest level or the proposed 2015 harvest level. This allows quota to be issued without risk of exceeding the ultimate annual harvest level; any additional quota allowed by the final 2015 harvest levels will be issued by the 2015-2016 harvest specifications and management measures final rule, which is anticipated to be in effect no later than March 1, 2015.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 50 CFR 660 16 USC 1801 et seq No NPRM 01/00/2015 Undetermined Businesses None No No No No William Stelle Jr. Regional Administrator, West Coast Region 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 206 526-6150 will.stelle@noaa.gov 7600 Sand Point Way Northeast, Building 1, Seattle WA 98115