82 FR 2393 - Sunshine Act Meeting
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 5 (January 9, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 5 (January 9, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-00279 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2017)] [Notices] [Page 2393] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-00279] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [USITC SE-17-001] Sunshine Act Meeting AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United States International Trade Commission. TIME AND DATE: January 18, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20436, Telephone: (202) 205-2000. STATUS: Open to the public. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 1. Agendas for future meetings: None 2. Minutes 3. Ratification List 4. Vote in Inv. No. 731-TA-718 (Fourth Review)(Glycine from China). The Commission is currently scheduled to complete and file its determinations and views of the Commission by January 31, 2017. 5. Vote in Inv. Nos. 731-TA-825 and 826 (Third Review)(Polyester Staple Fiber from Korea and Taiwan). The Commission is currently scheduled to complete and file its determinations and views of the Commission by January 31, 2017. 6. Outstanding action jackets: None. In accordance with Commission policy, subject matter listed above, not disposed of at the scheduled meeting, may be carried over to the agenda of the following meeting. By order of the Commission. Issued: January 4, 2017. William R. Bishop, Supervisory Hearings and Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2017-00279 Filed 1-5-17; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 7020-02-P
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To invite public review and comment recognizing values associated with INTERNATIONAL TRADE
on the draft Polar Bear Plan, we subsistence take, human safety, and COMMISSION
published a notice of availability economic activity. The goals will be
[USITC SE–17–001]
initiating a 45-day public comment used to guide management, research,
period for the draft Polar Bear Plan on monitoring, and communication into Sunshine Act Meeting
July 6, 2015 (80 FR 38458); we extended the future. Although the fundamental
that comment period an additional 30 goals target three geographic scales AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United
days on August 14, 2015 (80 FR 48908). (rangewide, intermediate (ecoregion), States International Trade Commission.
The final Polar Bear Plan and the and subpopulation (stock)), specific TIME AND DATE: January 18, 2017 at 9:30
associated documents reflect the actions under the Polar Bear Plan a.m.
comments and recommendations the pertain primarily to the polar bear
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service received PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street SW.,
subpopulations present in Alaska. The
on that draft. Polar Bear Plan also contains specific Washington, DC 20436, Telephone:
Polar bears evolved to utilize the recovery criteria, expressed in (202) 205–2000.
Arctic sea ice niche. They are fundamental, demographic, and threats- STATUS: Open to the public.
distributed throughout most ice-covered based terms, to determine when the MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
seas of the United States, Canada, the polar bear should be considered for 1. Agendas for future meetings: None
Russian Federation, Norway, and delisting under the ESA and 2. Minutes
Greenland/Denmark (collectively the fundamental and demographic criteria 3. Ratification List
Range States), in the Northern to guide conservation efforts associated 4. Vote in Inv. No. 731–TA–718 (Fourth
Hemisphere and are managed in 19 with the MMPA. Review)(Glycine from China). The
subpopulations around the Arctic (see Conservation and recovery actions are Commission is currently scheduled
Figure 1 of the Polar Bear Plan). The specified in the Polar Bear Plan. The to complete and file its
current global polar bear population is single most important action for the determinations and views of the
estimated to be 22,000 to 31,000. recovery of polar bears is global Commission by January 31, 2017.
Ongoing and projected loss of the reduction of atmospheric greenhouse 5. Vote in Inv. Nos. 731–TA–825 and
polar bear’s crucial sea ice habitat gases, which, if achieved, should result 826 (Third Review)(Polyester Staple
threatens the species throughout all of in reduced global climate change, Fiber from Korea and Taiwan). The
its range. The projected loss of sea ice including Arctic warming and sea ice Commission is currently scheduled
will diminish productivity, abundance, loss. Along with communicating that to complete and file its
and availability of ice seals, the polar fact, the Polar Bear Plan identifies a determinations and views of the
bear’s primary prey base, and increase suite of high-profile actions designed to Commission by January 31, 2017.
energetic requirements of polar bears for ensure that polar bears remain in 6. Outstanding action jackets: None.
movement and obtaining food. It will sufficient number and diversity so that
also affect access to traditional denning In accordance with Commission
they are in a position to recover once policy, subject matter listed above, not
areas. In turn, these factors will cause
climate change is addressed. Those disposed of at the scheduled meeting,
declines in the condition of polar bears
actions include the following: may be carried over to the agenda of the
from nutritional stress and reduced • Limit global atmospheric levels of
productivity. The eventual effect of this following meeting.
greenhouse gases to levels appropriate
loss of sea ice is that the polar bear By order of the Commission.
for supporting polar bear recovery and Issued: January 4, 2017.
population will decline. The rate and
conservation, primarily by reducing
magnitude of decline will vary William R. Bishop,
greenhouse gas emissions;
geographically, based on differences in Supervisory Hearings and Information
• Support international conservation
the rate, timing, and magnitude of Officer.
efforts through the Range States
impacts. However, within the [FR Doc. 2017–00279 Filed 1–5–17; 4:15 pm]
relationships;
foreseeable future, the worldwide
• Manage human–bear conflicts; BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
population will be affected, and the
• Collaboratively manage subsistence
species is likely to become in danger of
harvest;
extinction throughout all of its range (73 INTERNATIONAL TRADE
• Protect denning habitat;
FR 28292–28293, May 15, 2008). Global • Minimize risks of contamination COMMISSION
climate change resulting from from spills; [Investigation Nos. 701–TA–565 and 731–
greenhouse gas emissions is the root • Conduct strategic monitoring and TA–1341 (Preliminary)]
cause of the loss of Arctic sea ice. research.
The Plan The full cost of implementing the Hardwood Plywood From China
The Polar Bear Plan addresses both Polar Bear Plan over the next 5 years is
Determinations
the MMPA and the ESA, as they relate approximately $66,720,000.
Authority: We developed our Polar Bear
On the basis of the record 1 developed
to polar bear conservation and recovery;
Plan under the authority of ESA section 4(f), in the subject investigations, the United
it also reflects the input and values of
16 U.S.C. 1533(f), as well as section 115(b) States International Trade Commission
stakeholders closely connected with
of the MMPA, 16 U.S.C. 1383b(b). We (‘‘Commission’’) determines, pursuant
polar bears and their habitat, including
publish this notice under ESA section 4(f) (16 to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’),
the State of Alaska, the North Slope
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). that there is a reasonable indication that
Borough, Alaska Native peoples, the
Dated: December 20, 2016. an industry in the United States is
Polar Bear Range States, conservation
Gregory Siekaniec, materially injured by reason of imports
groups, and the oil and gas industry, as
of hardwood plywood from China,
well as the general public. All of these Regional Director, Alaska Region, U.S. Fish
sources informed the Polar Bear Plan’s and Wildlife Service.
1 The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the
fundamental goals, which focus on [FR Doc. 2017–00127 Filed 1–6–17; 8:45 am] Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19
conservation of polar bears while BILLING CODE 4333–15–P CFR 207.2(f)).
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