81 FR 45458 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Cost Recovery Program

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 135 (July 14, 2016)

Page Range		45458-45459
FR Document		2016-16655

NMFS publishes notification of a 1.60 percent fee for cost recovery under the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program. This action is intended to provide holders of crab allocations with the fee percentage for the 2016/2017 crab fishing year so they can calculate the required payment for cost recovery fees that must be submitted by July 31, 2017.

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 135 (Thursday, July 14, 2016)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE693


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea 
and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Cost Recovery Program

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notification of fee percentage.

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SUMMARY: NMFS publishes notification of a 1.60 percent fee for cost 
recovery under the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization 
Program. This action is intended to provide holders of crab allocations 
with the fee percentage for the 2016/2017 crab fishing year so they can 
calculate the required payment for cost recovery fees that must be 
submitted by July 31, 2017.

DATES: The Crab Rationalization Program Registered Crab Receiver permit 
holder is responsible for submitting the fee liability payment to NMFS 
on or before July 31, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keeley Kent, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    NMFS Alaska Region administers the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
Crab Rationalization Program (Program) in the North Pacific. Fishing 
under the Program began on August 15, 2005. Regulations implementing 
the Program can be found at 50 CFR part 680.
    The Program is a limited access system authorized by section 313(j) 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
(Magnuson-Stevens Act). The Program includes a cost recovery provision 
to collect fees to recover the actual costs directly related to the 
management, data collection, and enforcement of the Program. The 
Program implemented under the authority of section 313(j) is consistent 
with the cost recovery provisions included under section 304(d)(2)(A) 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. NMFS developed the cost recovery provision 
to conform to statutory requirements and to reimburse the agency for 
the actual costs directly related to the management, data collection, 
and enforcement of the Program. The cost recovery provision allows 
collection of 133 percent of the actual management, data collection, 
and enforcement costs up to 3 percent of the

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ex-vessel value of crab harvested under the Program. The Program 
provides that a proportional share of fees charged for management and 
enforcement be forwarded to the State of Alaska for its share of 
management and data collection costs for the Program. The cost recovery 
provision also requires the harvesting and processing sectors to each 
pay half the cost recovery fees. Catcher/processor quota shareholders 
are required to pay the full fee percentage for crab processed at sea.
    A crab allocation holder generally incurs a cost recovery fee 
liability for every pound of crab landed. The crab allocations include 
Individual Fishing Quota, Crew Individual Fishing Quota, Individual 
Processing Quota, Community Development Quota, and the Adak community 
allocation. The Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) permit holder must 
collect the fee liability from the crab allocation holder who is 
landing crab. Additionally, the RCR permit holder must collect his or 
her own fee liability for all crab delivered to the RCR. The RCR permit 
holder is responsible for submitting this payment to NMFS on or before 
July 31, in the year following the crab fishing year in which landings 
of crab were made.
    The dollar amount of the fee due is determined by multiplying the 
fee percentage (not to exceed 3 percent) by the ex-vessel value of crab 
debited from the allocation. Specific details on the Program's cost 
recovery provision may be found in the implementing regulations at 50 
CFR 680.44.

Fee Percentage

    Each year, NMFS calculates and publishes in the Federal Register 
the fee percentage according to the factors and methodology described 
in Federal regulations at Sec.  680.44(c)(2). The formula for 
determining the fee percentage is the ``direct program costs'' divided 
by ``value of the fishery,'' where ``direct program costs'' are the 
direct program costs for the Program for the previous fiscal year, and 
``value of the fishery'' is the ex-vessel value of the catch subject to 
the crab cost recovery fee liability for the current year. Fee 
collections for any given year may be less than, or greater than, the 
actual costs and fishery value for that year, because, by regulation, 
the fee percentage is established in the first quarter of a crab 
fishery year based on the fishery value and the costs of the prior 
year.
    Based upon the fee percentage formula described above, the 
estimated percentage of costs to value for the 2015/2016 fishery was 
1.60 percent. Therefore, the fee percentage will be 1.60 percent for 
the 2016/2017 crab fishing year. This is an increase of 0.12 percent 
from the 2015/2016 fee percentage of 1.48 percent (80 FR 42792, July 
20, 2015). The change in the fee percentage from 2015/2016 to 2016/2017 
is due to an increase in Alaska Department of Fish and Game management 
costs. These additional costs were necessary to process, analyze, and 
report fishery data for monitoring and management of the crab fisheries 
in the Program. Additionally, the value of crab harvested under the 
Program decreased by $1.6 million. This decrease in value of the 
fishery contributed to the increase in the fee percentage between 2015/
2016 and 2016/2017.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1862; Pub. L. 109-241; Pub. L. 109-479.


    Dated: July 11, 2016.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-16655 Filed 7-13-16; 8:45 am]
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number (i.e., at that exporter’s rate) will rate for Bolong because the Department DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
be liquidated at the PRC-wide rate.17 will not have determined an individual
If we proceed to a final rescission of margin of dumping for this company. If National Oceanic and Atmospheric
the NSR, Bolong’s entries will be the Department issues final results for Administration
assessed at the rate entered.18 If we do the NSR, the Department will instruct RIN 0648–XE693
not proceed to a final rescission of the CBP to collect a cash deposit, effective
NSR, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), upon the publication of the final results, Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
we will calculate an importer-specific at the rate established therein. Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and
assessment rate for Bolong. We will Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization
instruct CBP to assess antidumping Notification to Importers Cost Recovery Program
duties on all appropriate entries covered
by this NSR if the importer-specific This notice also serves as a AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
assessment rate calculated in the final preliminary reminder to importers of Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
results of this NSR is above de their responsibility under 19 CFR Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
minimis.19 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding Commerce.
the reimbursement of antidumping ACTION: Notification of fee percentage.
Cash Deposit Requirements duties prior to liquidation of the
The following cash deposit relevant entries during this review SUMMARY: NMFS publishes notification
requirements will be effective upon period. Failure to comply with this of a 1.60 percent fee for cost recovery
publication of the final results of this requirement could result in the under the Bering Sea and Aleutian
administrative review for all shipments Secretary’s presumption that Islands Crab Rationalization Program.
of the subject merchandise entered, or reimbursement of antidumping duties This action is intended to provide
withdrawn from warehouse, for occurred and the subsequent assessment holders of crab allocations with the fee
consumption on or after the publication of double antidumping duties. percentage for the 2016/2017 crab
date, as provided for by section fishing year so they can calculate the
We are issuing and publishing these required payment for cost recovery fees
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the
preliminary results of reviews in that must be submitted by July 31, 2017.
exporters listed above which have a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will accordance with sections 751(a)(l), DATES: The Crab Rationalization
be the rate established in the final 751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i)(l) of the Act, and Program Registered Crab Receiver
results of this review (except, if the rate 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). permit holder is responsible for
is zero or de minimis, then a cash Dated: July 5, 2016. submitting the fee liability payment to
deposit rate of zero will be established Ronald K. Lorentzen, NMFS on or before July 31, 2017.
for that company); (2) for previously Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
investigated or reviewed PRC and non- and Compliance. Keeley Kent, 907–586–7228.
PRC exporters not listed above that have SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
separate rates, the cash deposit rate will Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
continue to be the exporter-specific rate the Preliminary Decision Memorandum Background
published for the most recently 1. Summary NMFS Alaska Region administers the
completed segment of this proceeding; 2. Background Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab
(3) for all PRC exporters of subject 3. Scope of the Order Rationalization Program (Program) in
merchandise that have not been found 4. Bona Fides Analysis the North Pacific. Fishing under the
to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash 5. Discussion of the Methodology for the Program began on August 15, 2005.
deposit rate will be the rate for the PRC- Administrative Review Regulations implementing the Program
wide entity, 92.84 percent; and (4) for a. Non-Market Economy Country can be found at 50 CFR part 680.
all non-PRC exporters of subject b. Separate Rates The Program is a limited access
merchandise which have not received c. Separate Rate Assigned to Non-Selected system authorized by section 313(j) of
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will Companies the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
be the rate applicable to the PRC d. The PRC-Wide Entity Conservation and Management Act
exporter(s) that supplied that non-PRC e. Collapsing of CPZ/SKF With Another (Magnuson-Stevens Act). The Program
exporter. These deposit requirements, Producer of TRBs includes a cost recovery provision to
when imposed, shall remain in effect f. Surrogate Country collect fees to recover the actual costs
until further notice. g. Date of Sale directly related to the management, data
Effective upon publication of the final h. Comparisons to Normal Value collection, and enforcement of the
rescission or the final results of the i. Determination of Comparison Method Program. The Program implemented
NSR, pursuant to section j. Constructed Export Price under the authority of section 313(j) is
751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR k. Value-Added Tax (VAT) consistent with the cost recovery
351.214(e), the Department will instruct l. Normal Value provisions included under section
CBP to discontinue the option of posting m. Currency Conversion 304(d)(2)(A) of the Magnuson-Stevens
a bond or security in lieu of a cash 6. Conclusion Act. NMFS developed the cost recovery
deposit for entries of subject [FR Doc. 2016–16467 Filed 7–13–16; 8:45 am] provision to conform to statutory
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merchandise by Bolong. If the BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P requirements and to reimburse the
Department proceeds to a final agency for the actual costs directly
rescission of the NSR, the cash deposit related to the management, data
rate will continue to be the PRC-wide collection, and enforcement of the
17 For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-
Program. The cost recovery provision
Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings:
allows collection of 133 percent of the
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 actual management, data collection, and
(October 24, 2011). enforcement costs up to 3 percent of the

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notification of fee percentage.
Dates		The Crab Rationalization Program Registered Crab Receiver permit holder is responsible for submitting the fee liability payment to NMFS on or before July 31, 2017.
Contact		Keeley Kent, 907-586-7228.
FR Citation		81 FR 45458
RIN Number		0648-XE69

81 FR 45458 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Cost Recovery Program

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCENational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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