82 FR 29485 - New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 124 (June 29, 2017)

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FR Document		2017-13620

The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Research Steering Committee to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF504


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a public meeting of its Research Steering Committee to 
consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive 
economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to 
the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: This meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 9:30 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 700 
Myles Standish Boulevard, Taunton, MA 02780: (508) 823-0430.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda

    The Research Steering Committee will discuss how recently set 
priorities may be accomplished and potential improvements to the 
priority setting process. The Committee will receive an update on 
recent Northeast Cooperative Research Program (NCRP) activities, 
discuss the recent programmatic review and develop recommendations for 
how the program may help address Council research priorities and other 
improvements. They will also receive a presentation on creating a 
vision for the future of stock assessment using technologies currently 
in development as well as review completed research

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projects on the topics of recreational discard mortality, the 
commercial redfish fishery, and fishing gear conservation engineering. 
The Committee will discuss the NCRP network approach to funding 
research and develop recommendations. The Committee will also address 
other business as necessary.
    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during this meeting. Actions will be restricted to 
those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising 
after publication of this notice that require emergency action under 
Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's 
intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. This meeting will be 
recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is 
available upon request.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: June 23, 2017.
Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
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of material injury does not exist, the (usually, but not necessarily, expressed in Comment 8: Adjustment of Gupta’s General
proceeding will be terminated and all pounds of pressure, e.g., 150, 300, 400, 600, and Administrative Expenses for
cash deposits will be refunded. If the 900, 1500, 2500, etc.), type of face (e.g., flat Unreported Costs
face, full face, raised face, etc.), configuration Comment 9: Gupta’s Reported Financial
ITC determines that such injury does
(e.g., weld neck, slip on, socket weld, lap Expenses
exist, the Department will issue an Comment 10: Differential Pricing Test
joint, threaded, etc.), wall thickness (usually,
antidumping order directing CBP to but not necessarily, expressed in inches), VI. Recommendation
assess, upon further instruction by the normalization, or whether or not heat treated. [FR Doc. 2017–13627 Filed 6–28–17; 8:45 am]
Department, antidumping duties on all These carbon steel flanges either meet or BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
imports of the subject merchandise exceed the requirements of the ASTM A105,
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, ASTM A694, ASTM A181, ASTM A350 and
for consumption on or after the effective ASTM A707 standards (or comparable
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
date of the suspension of liquidation, as foreign specifications). The scope includes
discussed above in the ‘‘Continuation of any flanges produced to the above-referenced National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Suspension of Liquidation’’ section. ASTM standards as currently stated or as
Administration
may be amended. The term ‘‘carbon steel’’
Notification Regarding Administrative under this scope is steel in which: RIN 0648–XF504
Protective Orders (a) Iron predominates, by weight, over each
This notice will serve as a reminder of the other contained elements: New England Fishery Management
(b) The carbon content is 2 percent or less, Council; Public Meeting
to parties subject to administrative
by weight; and
protective orders (APOs) of their (c) none of the elements listed below AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
responsibility concerning the exceeds the quantity, by weight, as indicated: Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
disposition of proprietary information (i) 0.87 percent of aluminum; Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
disclosed under APO in accordance (ii) 0.0105 percent of boron; Commerce.
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely (iii) 10.10 percent of chromium; ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
written notification of return or (iv) 1.55 percent of columbium;
destruction of APO materials or (v) 3.10 percent of copper; SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
conversion to judicial protective order is (vi) 0.38 percent of lead; Management Council (Council) is
hereby requested. Failure to comply (vii) 3.04 percent of manganese; scheduling a public meeting of its
with the regulations and the terms of an (viii) 2.05 percent of molybdenum; Research Steering Committee to
APO is a sanctionable violation. (ix) 20.15 percent of nickel; consider actions affecting New England
(x) 1.55 percent of niobium;
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
Notification to Interested Parties (xi) 0.20 percent of nitrogen;
(xii) 0.21 percent of phosphorus; (EEZ). Recommendations from this
This determination and notice are group will be brought to the full Council
(xiii) 3.10 percent of silicon;
issued and published in accordance (xiv) 0.21 percent of sulfur; for formal consideration and action, if
with sections 735(d) and 777(i) of the (xv) 1.05 percent of titanium; appropriate.
Act and 19 CFR 351.210(c). (xvi) 4.06 percent of tungsten; DATES: This meeting will be held on
Dated: June 23, 2017. (xvii) 0.53 percent of vanadium; or Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 9:30 a.m.
Ronald K. Lorentzen, (xviii) 0.015 percent of zirconium.
Finished carbon steel flanges are currently ADDRESSES:
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement Meeting address: The meeting will be
classified under subheadings 7307.91.5010
and Compliance. held at the Holiday Inn, 700 Myles
and 7307.91.5050 of the Harmonized Tariff
Appendix I Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). They Standish Boulevard, Taunton, MA
may also be entered under HTSUS 02780: (508) 823–0430.
Scope of the Investigation subheadings 7307.91.5030 and 7307.91.5070. Council address: New England
The scope of this investigation covers The HTSUS subheadings are provided for Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
finished carbon steel flanges. Finished convenience and customs purposes; the Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
carbon steel flanges differ from unfinished written description of the scope is FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
carbon steel flanges (also known as carbon dispositive.
steel flange forgings) in that they have Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
undergone further processing after forging, Appendix II New England Fishery Management
including, but not limited to, beveling, bore Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
threading, center or step boring, face Decision Memorandum SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
machining, taper boring, machining ends or
surfaces, drilling bolt holes, and/or de- I. Summary Agenda
burring or shot blasting. Any one of these II. List of Issues
III. Background
The Research Steering Committee will
post-forging processes suffices to render the discuss how recently set priorities may
forging into a finished carbon steel flange for IV. Scope of the Investigation
purposes of this investigation. However, V. Discussion of the Issues: be accomplished and potential
mere heat treatment of a carbon steel flange Comment 1: Excess Cash Deposits improvements to the priority setting
forging (without any other further processing Comment 2: Adverse Facts Available for process. The Committee will receive an
after forging) does not render the forging into Norma’s Cost Data update on recent Northeast Cooperative
a finished carbon steel flange for purposes of Comment 3: Offset to Costs for Research Program (NCRP) activities,
this investigation. Miscellaneous Income discuss the recent programmatic review
While these finished carbon steel flanges Comment 4: Currency Conversion and develop recommendations for how
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are generally manufactured to specification Comment 5: Gupta’s Reported Scrap Offset the program may help address Council
ASME B16.5 or ASME B16.47 series A or Claim
Comment 6: Adjustment of Gupta’s
research priorities and other
series B, the scope is not limited to flanges
produced under those specifications. All Reported Costs Due to an Alleged improvements. They will also receive a
types of finished carbon steel flanges are Understatement of Costs presentation on creating a vision for the
included in the scope regardless of pipe size Comment 7: Adjustment of Gupta’s General future of stock assessment using
(which may or may not be expressed in and Administrative Expenses for Costs technologies currently in development
inches of nominal pipe size), pressure class Incurred by an Affiliate as well as review completed research

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projects on the topics of recreational mammals incidental to construction incidental, but not intentional, taking of
discard mortality, the commercial activities as part of its Central Bay small numbers of marine mammals by
redfish fishery, and fishing gear Operations and Maintenance Facility U.S. citizens who engage in a specified
conservation engineering. The project. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal activity (other than commercial fishing)
Committee will discuss the NCRP Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is within a specified geographical region if
network approach to funding research requesting public comment on its certain findings are made and either
and develop recommendations. The proposal to issue an incidental regulations are issued or, if the taking is
Committee will also address other harassment authorization (IHA) to limited to harassment, a notice of a
business as necessary. WETA to incidentally take marine proposed authorization is provided to
Although other non-emergency issues mammals, by Level A and Level B the public for review.
not on the agenda may come before this harassment only, during the specified An authorization for incidental
group for discussion, those issues may activity. NMFS will consider public takings shall be granted if NMFS finds
not be the subject of formal action comments prior to making any final that the taking will have a negligible
during this meeting. Actions will be decision on the issuance of the impact on the species or stock(s), will
restricted to those issues specifically requested MMPA authorizations and not have an unmitigable adverse impact
listed in this notice and any issues agency responses will be summarized in on the availability of the species or
arising after publication of this notice the final notice of our decision. stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
that require emergency action under DATES: Comments and information must relevant), and if the permissible
Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens be received no later than July 31, 2017. methods of taking and requirements
Fishery Conservation and Management pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
ADDRESSES: Comments on this proposal
Act, provided the public has been and reporting of such takings are set
should be addressed to Jolie Harrison,
notified of the Council’s intent to take forth.
Chief, Permits and Conservation NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
final action to address the emergency. Division, Office of Protected Resources, impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact
Special Accommodations National Marine Fisheries Service. resulting from the specified activity that
Physical comments should be sent to cannot be reasonably expected to, and is
This meeting is physically accessible 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,
to people with disabilities. Requests for not reasonably likely to, adversely affect
MD 20910, and electronic comments the species or stock through effects on
sign language interpretation or other should be sent to ITP.mccue@noaa.gov.
auxiliary aids should be directed to annual rates of recruitment or survival.
Instructions: NMFS is not responsible The MMPA states that the term ‘‘take’’
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at for comments sent by any other method,
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to means to harass, hunt, capture, kill or
to any other address or individual, or attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill
the meeting date. This meeting will be received after the end of the comment
recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. any marine mammal.
period. Comments received Except with respect to certain
1852, a copy of the recording is electronically, including all
available upon request. activities not pertinent here, the MMPA
attachments, must not exceed a 25- defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: Any act of
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. megabyte file size. Attachments to pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i)
Dated: June 23, 2017. electronic comments will be accepted in has the potential to injure a marine
Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Microsoft Word or Excel or Adobe PDF mammal or marine mammal stock in the
file formats only. All comments wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
received are a part of the public record the potential to disturb a marine
and will generally be posted online at mammal or marine mammal stock in the
[FR Doc. 2017–13620 Filed 6–28–17; 8:45 am]
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ wild by causing disruption of behavioral
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incidental/construction.html without patterns, including, but not limited to,
change. All personal identifying migration, breathing, nursing, breeding,
information (e.g., name, address) feeding, or sheltering (Level B
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
voluntarily submitted by the commenter harassment).
National Oceanic and Atmospheric may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit confidential business National Environmental Policy Act
Administration
information or otherwise sensitive or To comply with the National
RIN 0648–XF457 protected information. Environmental Policy Act of 1969
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
Specified Activities; Taking Marine Laura McCue, Office of Protected NOAA Administrative Order (NAO)
Mammals Incidental to the Central Bay Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 216–6A, NMFS must review our
Operations and Maintenance Facility Electronic copies of the applications proposed action (i.e., the issuance of an
Project and supporting documents, as well as a incidental harassment authorization)
list of the references cited in this with respect to environmental
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries document, may be obtained online at: consequences on the human
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ environment.
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), incidental/construction.htm. In case of This action is consistent with
Commerce. problems accessing these documents, categories of activities identified in CE
B4 of the Companion Manual for NOAA
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ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental please call the contact listed above.
harassment authorization; request for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Administrative Order 216–6A, which do
comments. not individually or cumulatively have
Background the potential for significant impacts on
SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the the quality of the human environment
from the San Francisco Bay Area Water MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct and for which we have not identified
Emergency Transportation Authority the Secretary of Commerce (as delegated any extraordinary circumstances that
(WETA) for authorization to take marine to NMFS) to allow, upon request, the would preclude this categorical

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice; public meeting.
Dates		This meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 9:30 a.m.
Contact		Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
FR Citation		82 FR 29485
RIN Number		0648-XF50

82 FR 29485 - New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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