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responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this POR.
Failure to comply with this requirement
could result in the Secretary’s
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
We are issuing and publishing this
determination in accordance with
sections 751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act.
Dated: January 20, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
ESA-Listed Species Covered in This
Notice
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Bona Fides Analysis
5. Conclusion
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XD738
Endangered and Threatened Species;
Take of Anadromous Fish
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of final determination
and discussion of underlying biological
analysis.
AGENCY:
NMFS has evaluated the joint
resource management plan (RMP),
represented by five Hatchery and
Genetic Management Plans (HGMPs),
submitted by the Lower Elwha Klallam
Tribe and the Washington Department
of Fish and Wildlife to NMFS pursuant
to the limitation on take prohibitions for
actions conducted under Limit 6 of the
4(d) Rule for salmon and steelhead
promulgated under the Endangered
Species Act (ESA). The plans specify
the propagation of five species of
salmon and steelhead in the Elwha
River of Washington state. This
document serves to notify the public
that NMFS, by delegated authority from
the Secretary of Commerce, has
determined pursuant to Limit 6 of the
ESA 4(d) Rule for salmon and steelhead
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SUMMARY:
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that implementing and enforcing the
RMP will not appreciably reduce the
likelihood of survival and recovery of
ESA-listed Puget Sound Chinook
salmon and Puget Sound steelhead.
DATES: The final determination on the
plans was made on January 9, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Written responses to the
determination should be sent to
Sustainable Fisheries Division, 1201
NE., Lloyd Boulevard, Suite 1100,
Portland, OR 97232.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim
Tynan at (360) 753–9579 or email:
tim.tynan@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha): threatened, Puget Sound,
naturally produced and artificially
propagated.
Steelhead (O. mykiss): threatened,
Puget Sound, naturally produced and
artificially propagated.
Background
The plans describe hatchery
operations intended to protect five
species of salmon and steelhead (two of
them ESA-listed) during the removal of
two dams on the Elwha River, and
subsequent propagation intended to
enhance the rebuilding of those
salmonid species. Four of the plans are
submitted by the Lower Elwha Klallam
Tribe, and one by the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife
(WDFW); the plans were developed
jointly by the Tribe and the WDFW.
NMFS has determined that
implementing and enforcing the RMP
will not appreciably reduce the
likelihood of survival and recovery of
ESA-listed Puget Sound Chinook
salmon or Puget Sound steelhead.
As required by § 223.203(b)(6) of the
ESA 4(d) Rule, NMFS must determine
pursuant to 50 CFR 223.209 and
pursuant to the government-togovernment processes therein whether
the RMP for Elwha River basin
hatcheries would appreciably reduce
the likelihood of survival and recovery
of the Puget Sound Chinook Salmon
ESU or Puget Sound Steelhead DPS.
NMFS must take comments on how the
RMP addresses the criteria in
§ 223.203(b)(5) in making that
determination.
Discussion of the Biological Analysis
Underlying the Determination
The proposed hatchery activities
described in the RMP are intended to
conserve salmon and steelhead
populations in the Elwha River basin
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during operations to remove two dams
on the Elwha River, and for a period of
time after the dams have been removed,
as the salmonid habitat is restored. The
RMP provides the framework through
which the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
and the State of Washington can jointly
manage Elwha River salmon and
steelhead hatchery, monitoring, and
evaluation activities while meeting
requirements specified under the ESA.
The proposed action covers continued
operation of the five hatchery programs
over the initial phases of fish restoration
in the Elwha River—the preservation
and recolonization phases—with
transitions between phases gauged by
achievement of population viability
parameters for listed Chinook salmon
and steelhead. Using native Elwha River
fish as broodstock, the programs would
continue to be operated to minimize any
impacts on genetic integrity of the
natural salmon and steelhead
populations while providing the
intended benefits. The benefits include
preserving and assisting in the
recolonization of the indigenous
populations of Elwha River salmon and
steelhead in the wake of dam removal
when natural productivity conditions
will be poor. The hatchery programs
would add marine-derived nutrients to
the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
above Glines Canyon Dam, which were
inaccessible to salmon and steelhead
from the early 1900s until completion of
dam removal in 2014. The programs
would increase total and natural-origin
abundance and spatial structure of the
Chinook salmon and steelhead
populations as hatchery-origin fish of
the same native lineage return to spawn
naturally with fish produced naturally,
and as new habitat becomes available.
The hatchery programs would protect
the Elwha River salmon and steelhead
populations when turbidity and bedload
movement levels are high and
detrimental to natural-origin fish
survival due to dam removal activities.
The proposed plans are interrelated and
interdependent through shared
population preservation and
recolonization objectives and effects,
broodstock collection locations and
actions, fish rearing and release sites,
monitoring and evaluation actions, and
funding sources.
The RMP includes provisions for
annual reports that will assess
compliance with performance standards
established through the RMP. Reporting
and inclusion of new information
derived from RMP research, monitoring,
and evaluation activities provides
assurance that performance standards
will be achieved in future seasons.
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NMFS’ evaluation is available on the
Sustainable Fisheries Division Web site
at https://
www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/.
Summary of Comments Received in
Response to the Proposed Evaluation
and Pending Determination
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NMFS published notice of its
proposed evaluation and pending
determination on the RMP for public
review and comment on August 5, 2014
(79 FR 45426). The proposed evaluation
and pending determination and an
associated draft environmental
assessment were available for public
review and comment for 30 days.
NMFS received no comments in
response to the notice. However, NMFS
did receive comments from one
environmental group pertaining to the
proposed evaluation and pending
determination on the RMP in response
to a prior, separate notice published to
announce availability for public review
of NMFS’s draft Supplemental
Environmental Assessment for the RMP
(79 FR 35318, June 20, 2014). NMFS
considered these comments in
completing the final Evaluation and
Recommended Determination
document, but no substantive changes
were required to the RMP. A detailed
summary of the comments and NMFS’
responses is also available on the
Sustainable Fisheries Division Web site.
Based on its evaluation and
recommended determination and taking
into account the public comments,
NMFS issued its final determination on
the Elwha River basin salmon and
steelhead hatchery RMP.
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Authority
Under section 4 of the ESA, the
Secretary of Commerce is required to
adopt such regulations as he deems
necessary and advisable for the
conservation of species listed as
threatened. The ESA salmon and
steelhead 4(d) Rule (65 FR 42422, July
10, 2000) specifies categories of
activities that contribute to the
conservation of listed salmonids and
sets out the criteria for such activities.
The Rule further provides that the
prohibitions of paragraph (a) of the Rule
do not apply to actions undertaken in
compliance with a RMP developed
jointly by the State of Washington and
the Tribe and determined by NMFS to
be in accordance with the salmon and
steelhead 4(d) Rule (65 FR 42422, July
10, 2000).
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Dated: January 23, 2015.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office
of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XD696
Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meetings and Hearings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of opportunities to
submit public comments.
AGENCY:
The Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Pacific Council)
has announced its annual preseason
management process for the 2015 ocean
salmon fisheries. This notice informs
the public of opportunities to provide
comments on the 2015 ocean salmon
management measures.
DATES: Written comments on the salmon
management alternatives adopted by the
Pacific Council at its March 2015
meeting, and described in Preseason
Report II, submitted electronically or in
hard copy by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time,
April 2, 2015, will be considered in the
Pacific Council’s final recommendation
for the 2015 management measures.
ADDRESSES: Documents will be available
from Ms. Dorothy Lowman, Chair,
Pacific Fishery Management Council,
7700 NE., Ambassador Place, Suite 101,
Portland, OR 97220–1384, telephone:
503–820–2280 (voice) or 503–820–2299
(fax), and posted on the Pacific Council
Web site at https://www.pcouncil.org.
You may submit comments, identified
by NOAA–NMFS–2015–0001, by any
one of the following methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-20150001, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
• Mail: Ms. Dorothy Lowman, Chair,
Pacific Fishery Management Council,
7700 NE. Ambassador Place, Suite 101,
Portland, OR 97220–1384.
• Fax: 503–820–2299, Attn: Mr. Mike
Burner.
• Comments can also be submitted
via email at PFMC.comments@noaa.gov.
SUMMARY:
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Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual may not be considered by
NMFS or the Pacific Council. All
comments received are a part of the
public record and will generally be
posted for public viewing on
www.regulations.gov without change.
All personal identifying information
(e.g., name, address, etc.), confidential
business information, or otherwise
sensitive information submitted
voluntarily by the sender will be
publicly accessible. NMFS and the
Pacific Council will accept anonymous
comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in the required
fields if you wish to remain
anonymous). Attachments to electronic
comments will be accepted in Microsoft
Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats
only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Mike Burner, telephone: 503–820–2280.
For information on submitting
comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking
portal, contact Peggy Mundy, telephone:
206–526–4323.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Pacific Council has published its annual
notice of availability of reports; public
meetings, and hearings for the 2015
ocean salmon fisheries (79 FR 78805,
December 31, 2014). The Pacific Council
will adopt alternatives for 2015 ocean
salmon fisheries at its meeting, March
6–12, 2015, at the Hilton Hotel in
Vancouver, WA. Details of this meeting
are available on the Pacific Council’s
Web site (www.pcouncil.org) and will be
published in the Federal Register in
February 2015. On March 20, 2015,
‘‘Preseason Report II-Proposed
Alternatives and Environmental
Assessment Part 2 for 2015 Ocean
Salmon Fishery Regulations’’ and public
hearing schedule will be mailed to the
public that have requested to receive
these documents (see ADDRESSES) and
posted on the Pacific Council Web site
at https://www.pcouncil.org. The report
will include a description of the salmon
management alternatives and a
summary of their biological and
economic impacts.
Comments on the alternatives the
Pacific Council adopts at its March 2015
meeting, and described in Preseason
Report II, may be submitted in writing
or electronically as described under
ADDRESSES, or verbally or in writing at
any of the public hearings held on
March 30–31, 2015, or at the Pacific
Council’s meeting, April 10–16, 2015, at
the DoubleTree by Hilton Sonoma in
Rohnert Park, CA. Details of these
meetings are available on the Pacific
Council’s Web site (www.pcouncil.org)
and will be published in the Federal
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[FR Doc No: 2015-01567]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD738
Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of final determination and discussion of underlying
biological analysis.
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SUMMARY: NMFS has evaluated the joint resource management plan (RMP),
represented by five Hatchery and Genetic Management Plans (HGMPs),
submitted by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife to NMFS pursuant to the limitation on
take prohibitions for actions conducted under Limit 6 of the 4(d) Rule
for salmon and steelhead promulgated under the Endangered Species Act
(ESA). The plans specify the propagation of five species of salmon and
steelhead in the Elwha River of Washington state. This document serves
to notify the public that NMFS, by delegated authority from the
Secretary of Commerce, has determined pursuant to Limit 6 of the ESA
4(d) Rule for salmon and steelhead that implementing and enforcing the
RMP will not appreciably reduce the likelihood of survival and recovery
of ESA-listed Puget Sound Chinook salmon and Puget Sound steelhead.
DATES: The final determination on the plans was made on January 9,
2015.
ADDRESSES: Written responses to the determination should be sent to
Sustainable Fisheries Division, 1201 NE., Lloyd Boulevard, Suite 1100,
Portland, OR 97232.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Tynan at (360) 753-9579 or email:
tim.tynan@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ESA-Listed Species Covered in This Notice
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha): threatened, Puget Sound,
naturally produced and artificially propagated.
Steelhead (O. mykiss): threatened, Puget Sound, naturally produced
and artificially propagated.
Background
The plans describe hatchery operations intended to protect five
species of salmon and steelhead (two of them ESA-listed) during the
removal of two dams on the Elwha River, and subsequent propagation
intended to enhance the rebuilding of those salmonid species. Four of
the plans are submitted by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and one by
the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW); the plans were
developed jointly by the Tribe and the WDFW. NMFS has determined that
implementing and enforcing the RMP will not appreciably reduce the
likelihood of survival and recovery of ESA-listed Puget Sound Chinook
salmon or Puget Sound steelhead.
As required by Sec. 223.203(b)(6) of the ESA 4(d) Rule, NMFS must
determine pursuant to 50 CFR 223.209 and pursuant to the government-to-
government processes therein whether the RMP for Elwha River basin
hatcheries would appreciably reduce the likelihood of survival and
recovery of the Puget Sound Chinook Salmon ESU or Puget Sound Steelhead
DPS. NMFS must take comments on how the RMP addresses the criteria in
Sec. 223.203(b)(5) in making that determination.
Discussion of the Biological Analysis Underlying the Determination
The proposed hatchery activities described in the RMP are intended
to conserve salmon and steelhead populations in the Elwha River basin
during operations to remove two dams on the Elwha River, and for a
period of time after the dams have been removed, as the salmonid
habitat is restored. The RMP provides the framework through which the
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the State of Washington can jointly
manage Elwha River salmon and steelhead hatchery, monitoring, and
evaluation activities while meeting requirements specified under the
ESA. The proposed action covers continued operation of the five
hatchery programs over the initial phases of fish restoration in the
Elwha River--the preservation and recolonization phases--with
transitions between phases gauged by achievement of population
viability parameters for listed Chinook salmon and steelhead. Using
native Elwha River fish as broodstock, the programs would continue to
be operated to minimize any impacts on genetic integrity of the natural
salmon and steelhead populations while providing the intended benefits.
The benefits include preserving and assisting in the recolonization of
the indigenous populations of Elwha River salmon and steelhead in the
wake of dam removal when natural productivity conditions will be poor.
The hatchery programs would add marine-derived nutrients to the aquatic
and terrestrial ecosystems above Glines Canyon Dam, which were
inaccessible to salmon and steelhead from the early 1900s until
completion of dam removal in 2014. The programs would increase total
and natural-origin abundance and spatial structure of the Chinook
salmon and steelhead populations as hatchery-origin fish of the same
native lineage return to spawn naturally with fish produced naturally,
and as new habitat becomes available. The hatchery programs would
protect the Elwha River salmon and steelhead populations when turbidity
and bedload movement levels are high and detrimental to natural-origin
fish survival due to dam removal activities. The proposed plans are
interrelated and interdependent through shared population preservation
and recolonization objectives and effects, broodstock collection
locations and actions, fish rearing and release sites, monitoring and
evaluation actions, and funding sources.
The RMP includes provisions for annual reports that will assess
compliance with performance standards established through the RMP.
Reporting and inclusion of new information derived from RMP research,
monitoring, and evaluation activities provides assurance that
performance standards will be achieved in future seasons.
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NMFS' evaluation is available on the Sustainable Fisheries Division Web
site at https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/.
Summary of Comments Received in Response to the Proposed Evaluation and
Pending Determination
NMFS published notice of its proposed evaluation and pending
determination on the RMP for public review and comment on August 5,
2014 (79 FR 45426). The proposed evaluation and pending determination
and an associated draft environmental assessment were available for
public review and comment for 30 days.
NMFS received no comments in response to the notice. However, NMFS
did receive comments from one environmental group pertaining to the
proposed evaluation and pending determination on the RMP in response to
a prior, separate notice published to announce availability for public
review of NMFS's draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment for the
RMP (79 FR 35318, June 20, 2014). NMFS considered these comments in
completing the final Evaluation and Recommended Determination document,
but no substantive changes were required to the RMP. A detailed summary
of the comments and NMFS' responses is also available on the
Sustainable Fisheries Division Web site. Based on its evaluation and
recommended determination and taking into account the public comments,
NMFS issued its final determination on the Elwha River basin salmon and
steelhead hatchery RMP.
Authority
Under section 4 of the ESA, the Secretary of Commerce is required
to adopt such regulations as he deems necessary and advisable for the
conservation of species listed as threatened. The ESA salmon and
steelhead 4(d) Rule (65 FR 42422, July 10, 2000) specifies categories
of activities that contribute to the conservation of listed salmonids
and sets out the criteria for such activities. The Rule further
provides that the prohibitions of paragraph (a) of the Rule do not
apply to actions undertaken in compliance with a RMP developed jointly
by the State of Washington and the Tribe and determined by NMFS to be
in accordance with the salmon and steelhead 4(d) Rule (65 FR 42422,
July 10, 2000).
Dated: January 23, 2015.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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