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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XC598
Endangered and Threatened Species;
Availability of the Final Recovery Plan
for Staghorn and Elkhorn Corals
National Marine Fisheries
Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the
adoption of a Final Endangered Species
Act recovery plan for elkhorn coral and
staghorn coral. The Final Recovery Plan
(Plan) for Elkhorn Coral (Acropora
palmata) and Staghorn Coral (Acropora
cervicornis) is now available.
ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the
Plan are available on the NMFS Web
site at https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/
recovery/plans.htm and on the
Southeast Regional Office Web site at
https://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/protected_
resources/coral/.
A copy of the Plan can be obtained by
writing to: Assistant Regional
Administrator for Protected Resources,
NMFS, Southeast Regional Office, 263
13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL
33701, Attn: Acropora Recovery Plan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alison Moulding (727–824–5312), email
Alison.Moulding@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Background
The Endangered Species Act of 1973
(ESA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.) requires NMFS to develop and
implement recovery plans for the
conservation and survival of threatened
and endangered species, unless it is
determined that such plans would not
result in the conservation of the species.
NMFS designated elkhorn and staghorn
corals as ‘‘threatened’’ under the ESA in
May 2006. In September 2014, NMFS
published a final rule maintaining the
status of elkhorn and staghorn corals as
threatened species. NMFS published a
Notice of Availability and requested
public comments on the Draft Recovery
Plan for Elkhorn Coral and Staghorn
Coral (Draft Plan) in the Federal
Register on September 5, 2014. We
revised the Draft Plan based on the
comments received, and this final
version now constitutes the Recovery
Plan for Elkhorn Coral (Acropora
palmata) and Staghorn Coral (Acropora
cervicornis).
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The Final Plan
Recovery plans describe actions
beneficial for the conservation and
recovery of species listed under the
ESA. Section 4(f)(1) of the ESA requires
that recovery plans incorporate, to the
maximum extent practicable: (1)
Objective, measurable criteria which,
when met, would result in a
determination that the species is no
longer threatened or endangered; (2)
site-specific management actions
necessary to achieve the Plan’s goals;
and (3) estimates of the time required
and costs to implement recovery
actions. The ESA requires the
development of recovery plans for each
listed species unless a recovery plan
would not promote a species’
conservation.
The purpose of the Plan is to rebuild
and assure the long-term viability of
elkhorn and staghorn coral populations
in the wild, allowing ultimately for the
species’ removal from the federal list of
endangered and threatened species. The
goal of the Plan is to increase the
abundance and to protect the genetic
diversity of elkhorn and staghorn coral
populations throughout their
geographical ranges while sufficiently
abating threats to warrant delisting of
both species. Elkhorn and staghorn coral
populations should be large enough to
include numerous groups of
successfully reproducing individuals,
including thickets, across the historical
range of these species. These groups
should be large enough to protect
genetic diversity and maintain
ecosystem function. The recovery
approach includes research and
monitoring to identify, reduce, or
eliminate threats so the recovery
objectives outlined in the Plan have the
greatest likelihood of being achieved.
Because some threats to elkhorn and
staghorn corals cannot be directly
managed (e.g., disease), the Plan
pursues concurrent actions to address
both global and local threats. Population
enhancement is also an integral part of
elkhorn and staghorn recovery through
restoration, restocking, and active
management. Ecosystem-level actions
are identified to improve habitat quality
and restore community structure and
ecological functions, such as herbivory,
to sustain adult colonies and enable
successful recruitment in the wild over
the long term. The goal, objectives, and
criteria of the Plan represent NMFS’
expectation of conditions to recover
elkhorn and staghorn corals so they no
longer need the protective measures
provided by the ESA.
The recovery criteria in the Plan are
based on the current literature and
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expert consensus. In some cases, the
current best available information is so
limited that it is not practicable to
identify recovery criteria. Instead,
interim criteria are identified to gather
and obtain the information necessary to
establish final recovery criteria.
Recovery criteria can be viewed as
targets, or values, by which progress
toward achievement of recovery
objectives can be measured. In the Plan
we frame recovery criteria both in terms
of population parameters (Populationbased Recovery Criteria) and the five
ESA listing factors (Threat-based
Recovery Criteria). The Plan also
includes the projected timeframe to
recover elkhorn and staghorn corals and
the cost of implementing actions.
Conclusion
NMFS has reviewed the Plan for
compliance with the requirements of
ESA section 4(f), determined that it does
incorporate the required elements, and
is therefore adopting it as the Final
Recovery Plan for elkhorn and staghorn
corals.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: March 3, 2015.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Submission of
Conservation Efforts To Make Listings
Unnecessary Under the Endangered
Species Act
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before May 5, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
SUMMARY:
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14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Marta Nammack, (301) 427–
8469 or Marta.Nammack@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
On March 28, 2003, the National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Services) announced a final policy on
the criteria the Services will use to
evaluate conservation efforts by states
and other non-Federal entities (68 FR
15100). The Services take these efforts
into account when making decisions on
whether to list a species as threatened
or endangered under the Endangered
Species Act. The efforts usually involve
the development of a conservation plan
or agreement, procedures for monitoring
the effectiveness of the plan or
agreement, and an annual report.
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II. Method of Collection
NMFS does not require, but will
accept, plans and reports electronically.
NMFS has not developed a form to be
used for submission of plans or reports.
In the past, NMFS has made plans and
annual reports from states available
through the Internet and plans to
continue this practice.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0466.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; State, local or tribal
governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3.
Estimated Time Per Response: 2,500
hours to complete each agreement or
plan that has the intention of making
listing unnecessary; 320 hours to
conduct monitoring for successful
agreements; and 80 hours to prepare a
report for successful agreements.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,300.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $150 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
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of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: March 3, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–840]
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp
from India: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2013–2014
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain
frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from
India. The review covers 211 producers
and/or exporters of the subject
merchandise. The Department selected
two mandatory respondents for
individual examination, Devi Fisheries
Limited (Devi Fisheries) 1 and Falcon
Marine Exports Limited and its affiliate
K.R. Enterprises (collectively, Falcon).
The period of review (POR) is February
1, 2013, through January 31, 2014. We
preliminarily determine that sales to the
United States have been made below
normal value and, therefore, are subject
AGENCY:
Department collapsed Devi Fisheries, Satya
Seafoods Private Limited and Usha Seafoods during
the 2011–2012 administrative review. See Certain
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India; Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2011–2012, 78 FR 15691 (March 12, 2013),
unchanged in Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp
from India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and Final No Shipment
Determination; 2011–2012, 78 FR 42492 (July 16,
2013).
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to antidumping duties. If these
preliminary results are adopted in the
final results of this review, we will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries. We
invite all interested parties to comment
on these preliminary results.
DATES:
Effective Date: March 6, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen Banea or Blaine Wiltse, AD/
CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–0656, or (202)
482–6345, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
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The merchandise subject to the order
is certain frozen warmwater shrimp.2
The product is currently classified
under the following Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
item numbers: 0306.17.00.03,
0306.17.00.06, 0306.17.00.09,
0306.17.00.12, 0306.17.00.15,
0306.17.00.18, 0306.17.00.21,
0306.17.00.24, 0306.17.00.27,
0306.17.00.40, 1605.21.10.30, and
1605.29.10.10. Although the HTSUS
numbers are provided for convenience
and for customs purposes, the written
product description remains dispositive.
Methodology
The Department conducted this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). Export price is
calculated in accordance with section
772 of the Act. Normal value is
calculated in accordance with section
773 of the Act.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. The
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
2 For a complete description of the Scope of the
Order, see the memorandum from Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, entitled, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the 2013–2014
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from
India’’ (dated concurrently with these results)
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum), which is
hereby adopted by this notice.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Submission of
Conservation Efforts To Make Listings Unnecessary Under the Endangered
Species Act
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before May 5, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
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14th and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Marta Nammack, (301) 427-8469 or Marta.Nammack@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a currently approved information
collection.
On March 28, 2003, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Services) announced a final policy
on the criteria the Services will use to evaluate conservation efforts
by states and other non-Federal entities (68 FR 15100). The Services
take these efforts into account when making decisions on whether to
list a species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species
Act. The efforts usually involve the development of a conservation plan
or agreement, procedures for monitoring the effectiveness of the plan
or agreement, and an annual report.
II. Method of Collection
NMFS does not require, but will accept, plans and reports
electronically. NMFS has not developed a form to be used for submission
of plans or reports. In the past, NMFS has made plans and annual
reports from states available through the Internet and plans to
continue this practice.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0466.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a currently
approved collection).
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; State,
local or tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3.
Estimated Time Per Response: 2,500 hours to complete each agreement
or plan that has the intention of making listing unnecessary; 320 hours
to conduct monitoring for successful agreements; and 80 hours to
prepare a report for successful agreements.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,300.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $150 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: March 3, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-05230 Filed 3-5-15; 8:45 am]
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