82_FR_60422 82 FR 60180 - Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

82 FR 60180 - Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 242 (December 19, 2017)

Page Range60180-60181
FR Document2017-27290

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will host the Sixth National Meeting of the Scientific Coordination Subcommittee of the Council Coordination Committee (SCS6). The meeting theme is ``The Use of Management Strategy Evaluation to Inform Management Decisions Made by the Regional Fishery Management Councils,'' with three subthemes: Use of MSEs in evaluating and modifying harvest control rules; use of MSEs in investigating and accommodating uncertainty; and use of MSEs in adjusting harvest control rules in changing environments/non-static maximum sustainable yield. The agenda for the SCS6 meeting is available at http:// www.fisherycouncils.org/ssc-workshops/sixth-national-ssc-workshop-2018.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF885


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
host the Sixth National Meeting of the Scientific Coordination 
Subcommittee of the Council Coordination Committee (SCS6). The meeting 
theme is ``The Use of Management Strategy Evaluation to Inform 
Management Decisions Made by the Regional Fishery Management 
Councils,'' with three subthemes: Use of MSEs in evaluating and 
modifying harvest control rules; use of MSEs in investigating and 
accommodating uncertainty; and use of MSEs in adjusting harvest control 
rules in changing environments/non-static maximum sustainable yield. 
The agenda for the SCS6 meeting is available at http://www.fisherycouncils.org/ssc-workshops/sixth-national-ssc-workshop-2018.

DATES: The SCS6 meeting will be held on January 17-19, 2018. The 
meeting will begin at 8 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) each day and 
finish when business is complete for the day.

ADDRESSES: The SCS6 meeting will be held at the Kona Kai Resort, 1551 
Shelter Island Drive, San Diego, CA; telephone: (619) 221-8000. The 
meeting is open to the public and will also be streamed online for 
those who want to follow the proceedings remotely. Instructions for 
attending the meeting via live stream broadcast are given under 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, below.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John DeVore, Staff Officer, 
Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SCS6 meeting will be 
live[hyphen]streamed on the internet during the following hours: 
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 through Friday, January 19, 2018 beginning 
at 8 a.m. PST, ending daily at approximately 5:30 p.m. PST or when 
business for the

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day is complete. Only the audio portion and presentations displayed on 
the screen at the SCS6 meeting will be broadcast. The audio portion is 
listen[hyphen]only; you will be unable to speak to the meeting 
participants via the broadcast. To attend the webinar, (1) join the 
meeting by visiting this link http://www.gotomeeting.com/online/webinar/join-webinar; (2) enter the webinar ID: 367-785-355, and (3) 
enter your name and email address (required). It is recommended that 
you use a computer headset to listen to the meeting, but you may use 
your telephone for the audio-only portion of the meeting by dialing the 
toll number 1-562-247-8422 (not a toll-free number); enter the phone 
attendee audio access code: 621-905-598; then enter the Audio Pin: 
Shown after joining the webinar. Technical Information and System 
Requirements: PC-based attendees are required to use Windows[supreg] 7, 
Vista, or XP; Mac[supreg]-based attendees are required to use Mac 
OS[supreg] X 10.5 or newer; Mobile attendees are required to use 
iPhone[supreg], iPad[supreg], AndroidTM phone or Android 
tablet (See the http://www.gotomeeting.com/fec/webinar/gotowebinar_apps).
    The purpose of the SCS6 meeting is for participants to discuss the 
use of Management Strategy Evaluations to better inform management 
decision-making by the eight Regional Fishery Management Councils and 
NMFS.
    No management actions will be decided by the participants attending 
the SCS6 meeting. The participants' role will be the development of 
findings, which will be captured in proceedings of the meeting. These 
proceedings will be provided to the Council Coordination Committee and 
posted on the U.S. Regional Fishery Management Councils' website.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas 
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during this meeting. Action 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 intent of the meeting 
participants to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt (503) 820-
2411 at least 10 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: December 14, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
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                                                Secretary for Enforcement and                             Dated: December 11, 2017.                           DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                Compliance no later than seven days                     Gary Taverman,
                                                after the date on which the last                        Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping            National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                                verification report is issued in this                   and Countervailing Duty Operations,                   Administration
                                                investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to              performing the non-exclusive functions and            RIN 0648–XF885
                                                issues raised in case briefs, may be                    duties of the Assistant Secretary for
                                                submitted no later than five days after                 Enforcement and Compliance.                           Pacific Fishery Management Council;
                                                the deadline date for case briefs.10                                                                          Public Meeting
                                                                                                        Appendix I
                                                Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and
                                                                                                        Scope of the Investigation                            AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries
                                                (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or
                                                                                                                                                              Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
                                                rebuttal briefs in this investigation are                  The merchandise covered by this                    Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
                                                encouraged to submit with each                          investigation is cast iron soil pipe fittings,        Commerce.
                                                argument: (1) A statement of the issue;                 finished and unfinished, regardless of
                                                                                                                                                              ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
                                                (2) a brief summary of the argument;                    industry or proprietary specifications, and
                                                and (3) a table of authorities.                         regardless of size. Cast iron soil pipe fittings      SUMMARY:    The Pacific Fishery
                                                   Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),                       are nonmalleable iron castings of various             Management Council (Pacific Council)
                                                interested parties who wish to request a                designs and sizes, including, but not limited         will host the Sixth National Meeting of
                                                                                                        to, bends, tees, wyes, traps, drains, and other       the Scientific Coordination
                                                hearing, limited to issues raised in the
                                                                                                        common or special fittings, with or without           Subcommittee of the Council
                                                case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a
                                                                                                        side inlets.                                          Coordination Committee (SCS6). The
                                                written request to the Assistant
                                                                                                           Cast iron soil pipe fittings are classified        meeting theme is ‘‘The Use of
                                                Secretary for Enforcement and                           into two major types—hubless and hub and
                                                Compliance, U.S. Department of                                                                                Management Strategy Evaluation to
                                                                                                        spigot. Hubless cast iron soil pipe fittings are      Inform Management Decisions Made by
                                                Commerce within 30 days after the date                  manufactured without a hub, generally in
                                                of publication of this notice. Requests                                                                       the Regional Fishery Management
                                                                                                        compliance with Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute
                                                should contain the party’s name,                                                                              Councils,’’ with three subthemes: Use of
                                                                                                        (CISPI) specification 301 and/or American
                                                address, and telephone number, the                                                                            MSEs in evaluating and modifying
                                                                                                        Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
                                                number of participants, whether any                                                                           harvest control rules; use of MSEs in
                                                                                                        specification A888. Hub and spigot pipe
                                                participant is a foreign national, and a                                                                      investigating and accommodating
                                                                                                        fittings have hubs into which the spigot
                                                list of the issues to be discussed. If a                                                                      uncertainty; and use of MSEs in
                                                                                                        (plain end) of the pipe or fitting is inserted.
                                                request for a hearing is made, the                                                                            adjusting harvest control rules in
                                                                                                        Cast iron soil pipe fittings are generally
                                                Department intends to hold the hearing                                                                        changing environments/non-static
                                                                                                        distinguished from other types of
                                                at the U.S. Department of Commerce,                     nonmalleable cast iron fittings by the manner
                                                                                                                                                              maximum sustainable yield. The agenda
                                                1401 Constitution Avenue NW,                            in which they are connected to cast iron soil
                                                                                                                                                              for the SCS6 meeting is available at
                                                                                                                                                              http://www.fisherycouncils.org/ssc-
                                                Washington, DC 20230, at a time and                     pipe and other fittings.
                                                                                                           The subject imports are normally classified        workshops/sixth-national-ssc-workshop-
                                                date to be determined. Parties should
                                                                                                        in subheading 7307.11.0045 of the                     2018.
                                                confirm by telephone the date, time, and
                                                location of the hearing two days before                 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United              DATES: The SCS6 meeting will be held
                                                the scheduled date.                                     States (HTSUS): Cast fittings of nonmalleable         on January 17–19, 2018. The meeting
                                                                                                        cast iron for cast iron soil pipe. The HTSUS          will begin at 8 a.m. Pacific Standard
                                                   Parties are reminded that briefs and                 subheading and specifications are provided            Time (PST) each day and finish when
                                                hearing requests are to be filed                        for convenience and customs purposes only;            business is complete for the day.
                                                electronically using ACCESS and that                    the written description of the scope of this          ADDRESSES: The SCS6 meeting will be
                                                electronically filed documents must be                  investigation is dispositive.                         held at the Kona Kai Resort, 1551
                                                received successfully in their entirety by
                                                                                                        Appendix II                                           Shelter Island Drive, San Diego, CA;
                                                5 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
                                                                                                                                                              telephone: (619) 221–8000. The meeting
                                                International Trade Commission                          List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary           is open to the public and will also be
                                                Notification                                            Decision Memorandum                                   streamed online for those who want to
                                                                                                        I. Summary                                            follow the proceedings remotely.
                                                   In accordance with section 703(f) of                 II. Background                                        Instructions for attending the meeting
                                                the Act, the Department will notify the                 III. Scope of the Investigation                       via live stream broadcast are given
                                                International Trade Commission (ITC) of                 IV. New Subsidy Allegations                           under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION,
                                                its determination. If the Department’s                  V. Alignment                                          below.
                                                final determination is affirmative, the                 VI. Injury Test                                          Council address: Pacific Fishery
                                                ITC will make its final determination                   VII. Application of the CVD Law to Imports            Management Council, 7700 NE
                                                before the later of 120 days after the date                   From the PRC                                    Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
                                                of this preliminary determination or 45                 VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and            OR 97220.
                                                days after the Department’s final                             Adverse Inferences                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
                                                determination.                                          IX. Subsidies Valuation                               John DeVore, Staff Officer, Pacific
                                                                                                        X. Benchmarks and Interest Rates                      Fishery Management Council;
                                                Notification to Interested Parties                      XI. Analysis of Programs                              telephone: (503) 820–2413.
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                                                                                                        XII. Calculation of the All-Others Rate
                                                  This determination is issued and                                                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SCS6
                                                                                                        XIII. ITC Notification
                                                published pursuant to sections 703(f)                                                                         meeting will be live-streamed on the
                                                                                                        XIV. Recommendation
                                                and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR                                                                              internet during the following hours:
                                                                                                        [FR Doc. 2017–27307 Filed 12–18–17; 8:45 am]          Wednesday, January 17, 2018 through
                                                351.205(c).
                                                                                                        BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                Friday, January 19, 2018 beginning at 8
                                                  10 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303                                                              a.m. PST, ending daily at approximately
                                                (for general filing requirements).                                                                            5:30 p.m. PST or when business for the


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                                                day is complete. Only the audio portion                 Kleinschmidt (503) 820–2411 at least 10                 Mail: Send comments or requests for
                                                and presentations displayed on the                      days prior to the meeting date.                       copies of reports to: Chief, Marine
                                                screen at the SCS6 meeting will be                        Dated: December 14, 2017.                           Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation
                                                broadcast. The audio portion is                         Tracey L. Thompson,
                                                                                                                                                              Division, Office of Protected Resources,
                                                listen-only; you will be unable to speak                                                                      National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315
                                                                                                        Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
                                                to the meeting participants via the                                                                           East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
                                                                                                        Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
                                                broadcast. To attend the webinar, (1)                                                                         20910–3226, Attn: Stock Assessments.
                                                                                                        [FR Doc. 2017–27290 Filed 12–18–17; 8:45 am]
                                                join the meeting by visiting this link                                                                          Instructions: NMFS may not consider
                                                                                                        BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
                                                http://www.gotomeeting.com/online/                                                                            comments if they are sent by any other
                                                webinar/join-webinar; (2) enter the                                                                           method, to any other address or
                                                webinar ID: 367–785–355, and (3) enter                                                                        individual, or received after the end of
                                                                                                        DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                your name and email address (required).                                                                       the comment period. All comments
                                                It is recommended that you use a                        National Oceanic and Atmospheric                      received are a part of the public record
                                                computer headset to listen to the                       Administration                                        and will generally be posted for public
                                                meeting, but you may use your                                                                                 viewing on www.regulations.gov
                                                telephone for the audio-only portion of                 RIN 0648–XF566                                        without change. All personal identifying
                                                the meeting by dialing the toll number                                                                        information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
                                                1–562–247–8422 (not a toll-free                         Draft 2017 Marine Mammal Stock
                                                                                                                                                              confidential business information, or
                                                number); enter the phone attendee                       Assessment Reports
                                                                                                                                                              otherwise sensitive information
                                                audio access code: 621–905–598; then                    AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                    submitted voluntarily by the sender will
                                                enter the Audio Pin: Shown after joining                Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                  be publicly accessible. NMFS will
                                                the webinar. Technical Information and                  Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                    accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/
                                                System Requirements: PC-based                           Commerce.                                             A’’ in the required fields if you wish to
                                                attendees are required to use Windows®                                                                        remain anonymous).
                                                                                                        ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
                                                7, Vista, or XP; Mac®-based attendees                                                                         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
                                                are required to use Mac OS® X 10.5 or                   SUMMARY:    NMFS reviewed the Alaska,                 Lierheimer, Office of Protected
                                                newer; Mobile attendees are required to                 Atlantic, and Pacific regional marine                 Resources, 301–427–8402,
                                                use iPhone®, iPad®, AndroidTM phone                     mammal stock assessment reports                       Lisa.Lierheimer@noaa.gov; Marcia
                                                or Android tablet (See the http://                      (SARs) in accordance with the Marine                  Muto, 206–526–4026, Marcia.Muto@
                                                www.gotomeeting.com/fec/webinar/                        Mammal Protection Act. SARs for                       noaa.gov, regarding Alaska regional
                                                gotowebinar_apps).                                      marine mammals in the Alaska,                         stock assessments; Elizabeth Josephson,
                                                   The purpose of the SCS6 meeting is                   Atlantic, and Pacific regions were                    508–495–2362, Elizabeth.Josephson@
                                                for participants to discuss the use of                  revised according to new information.
                                                Management Strategy Evaluations to                                                                            noaa.gov, regarding Atlantic, Gulf of
                                                                                                        NMFS solicits public comments on the                  Mexico, and Caribbean regional stock
                                                better inform management decision-                      draft 2017 SARs.
                                                making by the eight Regional Fishery                                                                          assessments; or Jim Carretta, 858–546–
                                                                                                        DATES: Comments must be received by                   7171, Jim.Carretta@noaa.gov, regarding
                                                Management Councils and NMFS.
                                                   No management actions will be                        March 19, 2018.                                       Pacific regional stock assessments.
                                                decided by the participants attending                   ADDRESSES: The 2017 draft SARs are                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                the SCS6 meeting. The participants’ role                available in electronic form via the
                                                                                                                                                              Background
                                                will be the development of findings,                    internet at https://
                                                which will be captured in proceedings                   www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/                         Section 117 of the Marine Mammal
                                                of the meeting. These proceedings will                  marine-mammal-protection/draft-                       Protection Act (MMPA) (16 U.S.C. 1361
                                                be provided to the Council Coordination                 marine-mammal-stock-assessment-                       et seq.) requires NMFS and the U.S. Fish
                                                Committee and posted on the U.S.                        reports.                                              and Wildlife Service (FWS) to prepare
                                                Regional Fishery Management Councils’                     Copies of the Alaska Regional SARs                  stock assessments for each stock of
                                                website.                                                may be requested from Marcia Muto,                    marine mammals occurring in waters
                                                   Although nonemergency issues not                     Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NMFS,                under the jurisdiction of the United
                                                contained in the meeting agendas may                    7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA                   States, including the Exclusive
                                                be discussed, those issues may not be                   98115–6349.                                           Economic Zone. These reports must
                                                the subject of formal action during this                  Copies of the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico,             contain information regarding the
                                                meeting. Action will be restricted to                   and Caribbean Regional SARs may be                    distribution and abundance of the stock,
                                                those issues specifically listed in this                requested from Elizabeth Josephson,                   population growth rates and trends,
                                                notice and any issues arising after                     Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166               estimates of annual human-caused
                                                publication of this notice that require                 Water St., Woods Hole, MA 02543.                      mortality and serious injury (M/SI) from
                                                emergency action under Section 305(c)                     Copies of the Pacific Regional SARs                 all sources, descriptions of the fisheries
                                                of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery                         may be requested from Jim Carretta,                   with which the stock interacts, and the
                                                Conservation and Management Act,                        Southwest Fisheries Science Center,                   status of the stock. Initial reports were
                                                provided the public has been notified of                8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA              completed in 1995.
                                                the intent of the meeting participants to               92037–1508.                                              The MMPA requires NMFS and FWS
                                                take final action to address the                          You may submit comments, identified                 to review the SARs at least annually for
                                                                                                        by NOAA–NMFS–2017–0065, by either                     strategic stocks and stocks for which
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                                                emergency.
                                                                                                        of the following methods:                             significant new information is available,
                                                Special Accommodations                                    Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Go to                  and at least once every three years for
                                                  These meetings are physically                         www.regulations.gov/                                  non-strategic stocks. The term ‘‘strategic
                                                accessible to people with disabilities.                 #!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2017-                      stock’’ means a marine mammal stock:
                                                Requests for sign language                              0065, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,                (A) For which the level of direct human-
                                                interpretation or other auxiliary aids                  complete the required fields, and enter               caused mortality exceeds the potential
                                                should be directed to Mr. Kris                          or attach your comments.                              biological removal level or PBR (defined


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Document Created: 2017-12-19 01:31:24
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of public meeting.
DatesThe SCS6 meeting will be held on January 17-19, 2018. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) each day and finish when business is complete for the day.
ContactMr. John DeVore, Staff Officer, Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2413.
FR Citation82 FR 60180 
RIN Number0648-XF88

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