83 FR 60822 - False Killer Whale Take Reduction Team; Meeting Announcement

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 228 (November 27, 2018)

Page Range		60822-60822
FR Document		2018-25870

NMFS announces a public meeting of the False Killer Whale Take Reduction Team (FKWTRT) on November 29, 2018 in order to provide recommendations on amendments to the False Killer Whale Take Reduction Plan (FKWTRP). The meeting will be held via conference call. Members of the public may submit written comments; the comments must be received within 14 days of the completion of the meeting.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 228 (Tuesday, November 27, 2018)

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG646


False Killer Whale Take Reduction Team; Meeting Announcement

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces a public meeting of the False Killer Whale Take 
Reduction Team (FKWTRT) on November 29, 2018 in order to provide 
recommendations on amendments to the False Killer Whale Take Reduction 
Plan (FKWTRP). The meeting will be held via conference call. Members of 
the public may submit written comments; the comments must be received 
within 14 days of the completion of the meeting.

DATES: The meeting of the FKWTRT will be held via conference call on 
November 29, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (or 
until business is concluded).

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be conducted via conference call. 
For details on how to call in to the conference line, please contact 
Kevin Brindock, Comments may be submitted to the address provided in 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Brindock, NMFS Pacific Islands 
Regional Office; 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176, Honolulu, HI 96818; 
telephone: 808-725-5146; facsimile: 808-725-5146; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 118(f)(1) of the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act (MMPA) requires NMFS to develop and implement take 
reduction plans designed to assist in the recovery or prevent the 
depletion of each strategic stock that interacts with Category I and II 
fisheries. In accordance with Section 118(f)(6) of the MMPA, NMFS 
established the FKWTRT (75 FR 2853, January 19, 2010) to develop a 
draft take reduction plan to assist in the recovery and prevent the 
depletion of the Hawaii pelagic stock and Hawaii insular stock of false 
killer whales. On November 29, 2012, NMFS published regulations 
implementing provisions of the False Killer Whale Take Reduction Plan 
(FKWTRP; 77 FR 71260) to reduce the level of incidental mortality and 
serious injury (M&SI) of these two stocks of false killer whales in the 
Hawaii longline fisheries. In accordance with Section 118(f)(7), NMFS 
convenes periodically the FKWTRT to monitor the effectiveness and 
implementation of the FKWTRP, and to recommend amendments that may be 
necessary to meet that objectives of the FKWTRP. More information can 
be found on the FKWTRT website: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-mammal-protection/false-killer-whale-take-reduction.

Meeting Topics

    The purpose of the November 29, 2018, conference call is to review 
current information and develop consensus recommendations for the 
FKWTRP to reduce M&SI of false killer whales and meet the goals of the 
FKWTRP and the MMPA.

Special Accommodations

    The conference call is accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to Kevin Brindock at 
808-725-5146 at least seven working days prior to the meeting.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.

    Dated: November 21, 2018.
Donna Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-25870 Filed 11-26-18; 8:45 am]
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Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 705(a)(l) of the Act and 19 CFR Regional Office; 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg.
NW, Washington, DC 20230. 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final 176, Honolulu, HI 96818; telephone:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: determination will continue to be 75 808–725–5146; facsimile: 808–725–
days after the date of the preliminary 5146; email: kevin.brindock@noaa.gov.
Background determination, unless postponed at a
On October 11, 2018, the Department later date. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
of Commerce (Commerce) initiated the This notice is issued and published 118(f)(1) of the Marine Mammal
countervailing duty (CVD) investigation pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act Protection Act (MMPA) requires NMFS
of aluminum wire and cable from the and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(l). to develop and implement take
People’s Republic of China.1 Currently, reduction plans designed to assist in the
Dated: November 20, 2018.
the preliminary determination is due no recovery or prevent the depletion of
Gary Taverman,
later than December 17, 2018. each strategic stock that interacts with
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
Postponement of the Preliminary Category I and II fisheries. In accordance
and Countervailing Duty Operations,
Determination performing the non-exclusive functions and with Section 118(f)(6) of the MMPA,
duties of the Assistant Secretary for NMFS established the FKWTRT (75 FR
Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 2853, January 19, 2010) to develop a
Enforcement and Compliance.
1930, as amended (the Act), requires draft take reduction plan to assist in the
[FR Doc. 2018–25824 Filed 11–26–18; 8:45 am]
Commerce to issue the preliminary
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P recovery and prevent the depletion of
determination in a CVD investigation
within 65 days after the date on which the Hawaii pelagic stock and Hawaii
Commerce initiated the investigation. insular stock of false killer whales. On
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE November 29, 2012, NMFS published
However, section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act
permits Commerce to postpone the regulations implementing provisions of
National Oceanic and Atmospheric the False Killer Whale Take Reduction
preliminary determination until no later Administration
than 130 days after the date on which Plan (FKWTRP; 77 FR 71260) to reduce
Commerce initiated the investigation if RIN 0648–XG646 the level of incidental mortality and
a petitioner makes a timely request for serious injury (M&SI) of these two
a postponement. Under 19 CFR False Killer Whale Take Reduction stocks of false killer whales in the
351.205(e), a petitioner must submit a Team; Meeting Announcement Hawaii longline fisheries. In accordance
request for postponement 25 days or AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries with Section 118(f)(7), NMFS convenes
more before the scheduled date of the Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and periodically the FKWTRT to monitor
preliminary determination and must Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the effectiveness and implementation of
state the reason for the request. Commerce. the FKWTRP, and to recommend
Commerce will grant the request unless amendments that may be necessary to
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
it finds compelling reasons to deny the meet that objectives of the FKWTRP.
request.2 SUMMARY: NMFS announces a public More information can be found on the
On November 14, 2018, Encore Wire meeting of the False Killer Whale Take FKWTRT website: https://
Corporation, a petitioner in this Reduction Team (FKWTRT) on www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/
investigation, submitted a timely November 29, 2018 in order to provide
request pursuant to section 703(c)(1)(A) marine-mammal-protection/false-killer-
recommendations on amendments to whale-take-reduction.
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e) to the False Killer Whale Take Reduction
postpone fully the preliminary Plan (FKWTRP). The meeting will be Meeting Topics
determination. Encore stated that the held via conference call. Members of the
purpose of its request was to provide public may submit written comments; The purpose of the November 29,
Commerce with sufficient time to the comments must be received within 2018, conference call is to review
receive and analyze the questionnaire 14 days of the completion of the current information and develop
responses of the mandatory meeting. consensus recommendations for the
respondents.3 FKWTRP to reduce M&SI of false killer
In accordance with 19 CFR DATES: The meeting of the FKWTRT will whales and meet the goals of the
351.205(e), the reason for requesting a be held via conference call on FKWTRP and the MMPA.
postponement of the preliminary November 29, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 12
determination and the record does not p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (or until Special Accommodations
present any compelling reasons to deny business is concluded).
the request. Therefore, in accordance The conference call is accessible to
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be
with section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act, conducted via conference call. For people with disabilities. Requests for
Commerce is postponing the deadline details on how to call in to the auxiliary aids should be directed to
for the preliminary determination to conference line, please contact Kevin Kevin Brindock at 808–725–5146 at
February 19, 2019.4 Pursuant to section Brindock, Comments may be submitted least seven working days prior to the
to the address provided in FOR FURTHER meeting.
1 See Aluminum Wire and Cable from the
INFORMATION CONTACT. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.
People’s Republic of China: Initiation of
Countervailing Duty Investigation, 83 FR 52805 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dated: November 21, 2018.
Kevin Brindock, NMFS Pacific Islands
amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1

(October 18, 2018).
2 See 19 CFR 351.205(e).
Donna Wieting,
3 See Letter from Encore to Commerce,
practice dictates that where a deadline falls on a Director, Office of Protected Resources,
‘‘Aluminum Wire and Cable from China: weekend or federal holiday, the appropriate National Marine Fisheries Service.
Petitioner’s Request for Postponement of the deadline is the next business day. See Notice of [FR Doc. 2018–25870 Filed 11–26–18; 8:45 am]
Preliminary Determination,’’ dated November 14, Clarification: Application of ‘‘Next Business Day’’
2018. Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
4 In this case, 130 days after initiation falls on Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70
February 18, 2019, a federal holiday. Commerce’s FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).

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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 of public meeting.
Dates		The meeting of the FKWTRT will be held via conference call on November 29, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (or until business is concluded).
Contact		Kevin Brindock, NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office; 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176, Honolulu, HI 96818; telephone: 808-725-5146; facsimile: 808-725-5146; email: [email protected]
FR Citation		83 FR 60822
RIN Number		0648-XG64

83 FR 60822 - False Killer Whale Take Reduction Team; Meeting Announcement

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