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31 Documents will generally be available 
electronically in ASCII, Microsoft Word, and/or 
Adobe Acrobat. 
publically available online via ECFS.31 
These documents will also be available 
for public inspection during regular 
business hours in the FCC Reference 
Information Center, which is located in 
Room CY–A257 at FCC Headquarters, 
445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 
20554. The Reference Information 
Center is open to the public Monday 
through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m. and Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 
a.m. 
IV. Ordering Clauses 
43. Accordingly, it is ordered that, 
pursuant to the Twenty-First Century 
Communications and Video 
Accessibility Act of 2010, Public Law 
111–260, 124 Stat. 2751, and the 
authority found in Sections 4(i), 4(j), 
303(r), 303(u), 303(aa), 303(bb), and 
716(g) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 
154(j), 303(r), 303(u), 303(aa), 303(bb), 
and 617(g), this Second Further Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking is adopted. 
44. It is further ordered that the 
Commission’s Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference 
Information Center, shall send a copy of 
this Second Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking in MB Docket No. 12–108, 
including the Initial Regulatory 
Flexibility Analysis, to the Chief 
Counsel for Advocacy of the Small 
Business Administration. 
List of Subject in 47 CFR 79 
Cable television operators, 
Communications equipment, 
Multichannel video programming 
distributors (MVPDs), Satellite 
television service providers. 
Federal Communications Commission. 
Marlene H. Dortch, 
Secretary. Office of the Secretary. 
Proposed Rules 
For the reasons discussed in the 
preamble, the Federal Communications 
Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR 
part 79 as follows: 
PART 79—ACCESSIBILITY OF VIDEO 
PROGRAMMING 
■1. The authority for part 79 continues 
to read as follows: 
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152(a), 154(i), 
303, 307, 309, 310, 330, 544a, 613, and 617. 
■2. Amend § 79.103 by adding 
paragraph (e) to read as follows: 
§ 79.103
Closed caption decoder 
requirements for apparatus. 
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(e) Access to closed captioning 
display settings. Apparatus subject to 
this section must ensure that consumers 
are able to readily access user display 
settings for closed captioning, if 
technically feasible, except that 
apparatus that use a picture screen of 
less than 13 inches in size must comply 
with this requirement only if doing so 
is achievable as defined in this section. 
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration 
50 CFR Part 622 
RIN 0648–BF18 
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 
Mexico, and South Atlantic; 
Amendments to the Reef Fish, Spiny 
Lobster, Queen Conch, and Corals and 
Reef Associated Plants and 
Invertebrates Fishery Management 
Plans of Puerto Rico and the U.S. 
Virgin Islands 
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce. 
ACTION: Notice of availability; request 
for comments. 
SUMMARY: The Caribbean Fishery 
Management Council (Council) has 
submitted Amendment 7 to the Fishery 
Management Plan (FMP) for the Reef 
Fish Fishery of Puerto Rico and the U.S. 
Virgin Islands (USVI) (Reef Fish FMP), 
Amendment 6 to the FMP for the Spiny 
Lobster Fishery of Puerto Rico and the 
USVI (Spiny Lobster FMP), Amendment 
5 to the FMP for the Corals and Reef 
Associated Plants and Invertebrates of 
Puerto Rico and the USVI (Coral FMP), 
and Amendment 4 to the FMP for the 
Queen Conch Resources of Puerto Rico 
and the USVI (Queen Conch FMP) for 
review, approval, and implementation 
by NMFS. In combination, these 
amendments represent the Application 
of Accountability Measures (AM) 
Amendment (AM Application 
Amendment). The AM Application 
Amendment would resolve an existing 
inconsistency between language in the 
four Council FMPs and the regulations 
implementing application of AMs in the 
U.S. Caribbean exclusive economic zone 
(EEZ). The purpose of the AM 
Application Amendment is to ensure 
the regulations governing AMs in the 
Caribbean EEZ are consistent with their 
authorizing FMPs. 
DATES: Written comments must be 
received on or before April 4, 2016. 
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 
on the AM Application Amendment, 
identified by ‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2015– 
0124’’ by any of the following methods: 
• Electronic Submission: Submit all 
electronic public comments via the 
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2015- 
0124, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, 
complete the required fields, and enter 
or attach your comments. 
• Mail: Submit written comments to 
Marı´a del Mar Lo´pez, Southeast 
Regional Office, NMFS, 263 13th 
Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. 
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). 
Electronic copies of the AM 
Application Amendment, which 
includes an environmental assessment, 
a Regulatory Flexibility Act analysis, 
and a regulatory impact review may be 
obtained from the Southeast Regional 
Office Web site at http://
sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/sustainable_
fisheries/caribbean/index.html. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
Marı´a del Mar Lo´pez, telephone: 727– 
824–5305, or email: Maria.Lopez@
noaa.gov. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act 
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) requires each 
regional fishery management council to 
submit any FMP or FMP amendment to 
NMFS for review and approval, partial 
approval, or disapproval. The 
Magnuson-Stevens Act also requires 
that NMFS, upon receiving a plan or 
amendment, publish an announcement 
in the Federal Register notifying the 
public that the plan or amendment is 
available for review and comment. 
The FMPs being revised by the AM 
Application Amendment were prepared 
by the Council and implemented 
through regulations at 50 CFR part 622 
under the authority of the Magnuson- 
Stevens Act. 
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Background 
The final rule implementing 
Amendment 2 to the Queen Conch FMP 
and Amendment 5 to the Reef Fish FMP 
(2010 Caribbean ACL Amendment) 
established annual catch limits (ACLs) 
and AMs for species and species groups 
that at the time were classified as 
undergoing overfishing (i.e., parrotfish, 
snapper, grouper, and queen conch) (76 
FR 82404, December 30, 2011). The final 
rule implementing Amendment 3 to the 
Queen Conch FMP, Amendment 6 to the 
Reef Fish FMP, Amendment 5 to the 
Spiny Lobster FMP, and Amendment 3 
to the Coral FMP, established ACLs and 
AMs for the remaining Council- 
managed species and species groups 
which were not undergoing overfishing 
at the time or for which the overfishing 
status was unknown (e.g., grunts, 
squirrelfish, jacks) (76 FR 82414, 
December 30, 2011). As described at 
§ 622.12(a) for reef fish, spiny lobster, 
and corals and § 622.491(b) for queen 
conch, the current AMs in the Caribbean 
EEZ require NMFS to shorten the length 
of the fishing season for a species/
species group in the year following a 
determination that the applicable 3-year 
landings average exceeded the 
respective ACL. The extent to which 
fishing seasons are shortened equates to 
the number of days necessary to remove 
the overage in pounds and to therefore 
constrain landings to the ACL. Pursuant 
to the regulations at §§ 622.12(a) and 
622.491(b), any such AM-based closures 
remain in effect only during the 
particular fishing year in which they are 
implemented. However, the AM closure 
language in the four authorizing FMPs 
states that any AM-based closure will 
remain in effect until modified by the 
Council, thereby carrying these AM- 
based closures over from year to year 
unless or until the closures are revised 
by subsequent Council action. 
This inconsistent language between 
the FMPs and the implementing 
regulations may create confusion to 
fishers and the public about whether an 
AM-based closure for a specific species/ 
species group will continue in 
subsequent years if an AM is triggered. 
The AM Application Amendment 
would correct the inconsistency 
between the authorizing FMPs and the 
regulatory language at §§ 622.12(a) and 
622.491(b) by revising the text within 
the four FMPs describing how AMs are 
applied to be consistent with the 
language in the regulations. Specifically, 
the phrase in the four authorizing FMPs 
that states ‘‘The needed changes will 
remain in effect until modified by the 
Council,’’ which describes the duration 
of AMs, would be removed from the 
four FMPs. The result of this proposed 
change would be that under both the 
authorizing FMPs and AM-based 
closure regulatory language, an AM 
closure would only apply for the fishing 
year in which it was implemented. This 
approach is consistent with the intent of 
the Council and implementing 
regulations used by NMFS to apply AMs 
in the Caribbean EEZ. The current 
process used by NMFS and the Council 
to apply AMs in the Caribbean EEZ 
would not change as a result of this 
proposed amendment, thus this action 
would have no additional direct or 
indirect economic, social, or biological/ 
ecological effects. 
A proposed rule that would 
implement the measures outlined in the 
AM Application Amendment has been 
drafted. In accordance with the 
Magnuson-Stevens Act, NMFS is 
evaluating the AM Application 
Amendment and the proposed rule to 
determine whether it is consistent with 
the FMPs, the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 
and other applicable law. If that 
determination is affirmative, NMFS will 
publish the proposed rule in the Federal 
Register for public review and 
comment. 
Consideration of Public Comments 
The Council has submitted the AM 
Application Amendment for Secretarial 
review, approval, and implementation. 
Comments received by April 4, 2016, 
will be considered by NMFS in its 
decision to approve, disapprove, or 
partially approve the AM Application 
Amendment. Comments received after 
that date will not be considered by 
NMFS in this decision. All relevant 
comments received by NMFS on the 
amendment or the proposed rule during 
their respective comment periods will 
be addressed in the final rule. 
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 
Dated: January 29, 2016. 
Emily H. Menashes, 
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration 
50 CFR Part 622 
[Docket No. 151217999–6045–01] 
RIN 0648–BF66 
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 
Mexico, and South Atlantic; Dolphin 
and Wahoo Resources of the Atlantic; 
Commercial Dolphin Fishery of the 
Atlantic; Control Date 
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce. 
ACTION: Advanced notice of proposed 
rulemaking; consideration of a control 
date. 
SUMMARY: This notice announces the 
establishment of a control date of June 
30, 2015, that the South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council (Council) may use 
if it decides to create restrictions 
limiting participation in the dolphin 
commercial sector of the dolphin and 
wahoo fishery in the Atlantic exclusive 
economic zone. Anyone entering the 
sector after the control date will not be 
assured of future access should a 
management regime that limits 
participation in the sector be prepared 
and implemented. This announcement 
is intended, in part, to promote 
awareness of the potential eligibility 
criteria for future access so as to 
discourage speculative entry into the 
Atlantic dolphin commercial sector 
while the Council and NMFS consider 
whether and how access to the sector 
should be controlled. NMFS invites 
comments on the establishment of this 
control date. 
DATES: Written comments must be 
received by March 7, 2016. 
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 
identified by ‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2016– 
0001’’ by either of the following 
methods: 
• Electronic Submission: Submit all 
electronic public comments via the 
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2016- 
0001, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, 
complete the required fields, and enter 
or attach your comments. 
• Mail: Submit written comments to 
Mary Janine Vara, NMFS Southeast 
Regional Office, 263 13th Avenue 
South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. 
Instructions: Comments sent by any 
other method, to any other address or 
individual, or received after the end of 
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