Proposed Amendment to the Puerto Rico Coastal Zone Management Program, 63957-63958 [2015-26840]
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Thursday, October 22, 2015
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Subsidy Programs Provided by
Countries Exporting Softwood Lumber
and Softwood Lumber Products to the
United States; Request for Comment
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Department) seeks public comment on
any subsidies, including stumpage
subsidies, provided by certain countries
exporting softwood lumber or softwood
lumber products to the United States
during the period January 1, 2015
through June 30, 2015.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
within 30 days after publication of this
notice.
ADDRESSES: See the Submission of
Comments section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Terpstra, Office III, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–3965.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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Background
On June 18, 2008, section 805 of Title
VIII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (the
Softwood Lumber Act of 2008) was
enacted into law. Under this provision,
the Secretary of Commerce is mandated
to submit to the appropriate
Congressional committees a report every
180 days on any subsidy provided by
countries exporting softwood lumber or
softwood lumber products to the United
States, including stumpage subsidies.
The Department submitted its last
subsidy report on June 16, 2015. As part
of its newest report, the Department
intends to include a list of subsidy
programs identified with sufficient
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clarity by the public in response to this
notice.
Request for Comments
Given the large number of countries
that export softwood lumber and
softwood lumber products to the United
States, we are soliciting public comment
only on subsidies provided by countries
whose exports accounted for at least one
percent of total U.S. imports of softwood
lumber by quantity, as classified under
Harmonized Tariff Schedule code
4407.1001 (which accounts for the vast
majority of imports), during the period
January 1, 2015 through June 30, 2015.
Official U.S. import data published by
the United States International Trade
Commission Tariff and Trade DataWeb
indicate that only two countries, Canada
and Chile, exported softwood lumber to
the United States during that time
period in amounts sufficient to account
for at least one percent of U.S. imports
of softwood lumber products. We intend
to rely on similar previous six-month
periods to identify the countries subject
to future reports on softwood lumber
subsidies. For example, we will rely on
U.S. imports of softwood lumber and
softwood lumber products during the
period July 1, 2015 through December
31, 2015, to select the countries subject
to the next report.
Under U.S. trade law, a subsidy exists
where an authority: (i) Provides a
financial contribution; (ii) provides any
form of income or price support within
the meaning of Article XVI of the GATT
1994; or (iii) makes a payment to a
funding mechanism to provide a
financial contribution to a person, or
entrusts or directs a private entity to
make a financial contribution, if
providing the contribution would
normally be vested in the government
and the practice does not differ in
substance from practices normally
followed by governments, and a benefit
is thereby conferred.1
Parties should include in their
comments: (1) The country which
provided the subsidy; (2) the name of
the subsidy program; (3) a brief
description (at least 3–4 sentences) of
the subsidy program; and (4) the
government body or authority that
provided the subsidy.
1 See section 771(5)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended.
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Submission of Comments
Persons wishing to comment should
file comments by the date specified
above. Comments should only include
publicly available information. The
Department will not accept comments
accompanied by a request that a part or
all of the material be treated
confidentially due to business
proprietary concerns or for any other
reason. The Department will return such
comments or materials to the persons
submitting the comments and will not
include them in its report on softwood
lumber subsidies. The Department
requests submission of comments filed
in electronic Portable Document Format
(PDF) submitted on CD–ROM or by
email to the email address of the EC
Webmaster, below.
The comments received will be made
available to the public in PDF on the
Enforcement and Compliance Web site
at the following address: https://
enforcement.trade.gov/sla2008/slaindex.html. Any questions concerning
file formatting, access on the Internet, or
other electronic filing issues should be
addressed to Laura Merchant,
Enforcement and Compliance
Webmaster, at (202) 482–0367, email
address: webmaster_support@trade.gov.
All comments and submissions in
response to this Request for Comment
should be received by the Department
no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time on the above-referenced deadline
date.
Dated: October 16, 2015.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Amendment to the Puerto
Rico Coastal Zone Management
Program
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Office for Coastal Management, National
Ocean Service, Department of
Commerce.
AGENCY:
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 204 / Thursday, October 22, 2015 / Notices
Availability of program change
submission in Spanish; extension of
comment period.
ACTION:
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA)
Office for Coastal Management is
announcing the availability of a Spanish
language version of analysis documents
submitted by the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico supporting a request for
approval of changes to the Puerto Rico
Coastal Zone Management Program
(PRCZMP), and an extension of the
public review and comment period on
the program changes.
ADDRESSES: Please send written
comments to Joelle Gore, Stewardship
Division Chief (Acting), NOAA Office
for Coastal Management, NOS/OCM/SD,
1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor,
Room 10622, N/OCM6, Silver Spring,
Maryland 20910, or Joelle.Gore@
noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jackie Rolleri, at Jackie.Rolleri@
noaa.gov.
SUMMARY:
requirements for approval to participate
in the federal Coastal Zone Management
Program as described in section 306 of
the federal Coastal Zone Management
Act, and its implementing regulations at
15 CFR part 923. NOAA is particularly
interested in comments addressing the
requirements for the authorities and
organization of coastal management
programs found at 15 CFR part 923,
subpart E, and opportunities for
meaningful public participation in the
decision-making process for the
program under 15 CFR part 923, subpart
F. Comments regarding implementation
issues should be specific to how the
changes to the program have affected
implementation.
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419
Coastal Zone Management Program
Administration
Dated: October 14, 2015.
John King,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal
Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On July 17, 2015, the Office for
Coastal Management published a
Federal Register Notice soliciting
comments on a request by the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for
approval of changes to the PRCZMP (80
FR 42479 (July 17, 2015)). The Federal
Register notice included a notice of a
September 2, 2015, public hearing on
the program changes.
At the September 2, 2015, public
hearing, requests were made by
members of the public to have a Spanish
language version of the program change
analysis documents submitted by the
Commonwealth in support of the
requested approval, along with an
extension of the comment period on the
program changes. The Commonwealth
has translated the analysis documents
and made it available for public review
and comment on its Web site under the
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heading ‘‘Solicitud de aprobacion de
cambios al Programa.’’ The documents
may be found at: https://
www.drna.gobierno.pr/oficinas/arn/
recursosvivientes/
costasreservasrefugios/pmzc/Cambiosrutinarios-PMZC.
Written comments from the public on
the Commonwealth’s request for
approval of changes to the PRCZMP will
continue to be accepted through 30 days
from the date of publication of this
Federal Register notice.
Comments should address the
question of whether the PRCZMP, as
changed, continues to meet the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XE131
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; U.S. Navy Civilian
Port Defense Activities at the Ports of
Los Angeles/Long Beach, California
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
Notice; issuance of an incidental
harassment authorization.
ACTION:
In accordance with
regulations implementing the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA),
notification is hereby given that NMFS
has issued an Incidental Harassment
Authorization (IHA) to the U.S. Navy
(Navy) to take marine mammals, by
harassment, incidental to Civilian Port
Defense training activities within and
near the Ports of Los Angeles and Long
Beach, California.
SUMMARY:
Effective October 25, 2015,
through December 31, 2015.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Fiorentino, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Availability
An electronic copy of the Navy’s
application, which contains a list of the
references used in this document, may
be obtained by visiting the internet at:
https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental/military.htm. The Navy’s
final Environmental Assessment (EA),
2015 West Coast Civilian Port Defense,
which also contains a list of the
references used in this document, may
also be viewed on our Web site. In case
of problems accessing these documents,
please call the contact listed above (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Background
Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
the Secretary of Commerce to allow,
upon request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and either regulations are
issued or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, a notice of a proposed
authorization is provided to the public
for review.
An authorization for incidental
takings shall be granted if NMFS finds
that the taking will have a negligible
impact on the species or stock(s), will
not have an unmitigable adverse impact
on the availability of the species or
stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
relevant), and if the permissible
methods of taking and requirements
pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
and reporting of such takings are set
forth. NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as ‘‘an
impact resulting from the specified
activity that cannot be reasonably
expected to, and is not reasonably likely
to, adversely affect the species or stock
through effects on annual rates of
recruitment or survival.’’
The National Defense Authorization
Act of 2004 (NDAA) (Public Law 108–
136) removed the ‘‘small numbers’’ and
‘‘specified geographical region’’
limitations indicated above and
amended the definition of ‘‘harassment’’
as it applies to a ‘‘military readiness
activity’’ to read as follows (Section
3(18)(B) of the MMPA): (i) Any act that
injures or has the significant potential to
injure a marine mammal or marine
mammal stock in the wild [Level A
Harassment]; or (ii) Any act that
disturbs or is likely to disturb a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild by causing disruption of natural
behavioral patterns, to a point where
such behavioral patterns are abandoned
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[FR Doc No: 2015-26840]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Amendment to the Puerto Rico Coastal Zone Management
Program
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office
for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, Department of Commerce.
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ACTION: Availability of program change submission in Spanish; extension
of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA)
Office for Coastal Management is announcing the availability of a
Spanish language version of analysis documents submitted by the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico supporting a request for approval of
changes to the Puerto Rico Coastal Zone Management Program (PRCZMP),
and an extension of the public review and comment period on the program
changes.
ADDRESSES: Please send written comments to Joelle Gore, Stewardship
Division Chief (Acting), NOAA Office for Coastal Management, NOS/OCM/
SD, 1305 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, Room 10622, N/OCM6, Silver
Spring, Maryland 20910, or Joelle.Gore@noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jackie Rolleri, at
Jackie.Rolleri@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 17, 2015, the Office for Coastal Management published a
Federal Register Notice soliciting comments on a request by the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for approval of changes to the PRCZMP (80
FR 42479 (July 17, 2015)). The Federal Register notice included a
notice of a September 2, 2015, public hearing on the program changes.
At the September 2, 2015, public hearing, requests were made by
members of the public to have a Spanish language version of the program
change analysis documents submitted by the Commonwealth in support of
the requested approval, along with an extension of the comment period
on the program changes. The Commonwealth has translated the analysis
documents and made it available for public review and comment on its
Web site under the heading ``Solicitud de aprobaci[oacute]n de cambios
al Programa.'' The documents may be found at: https://www.drna.gobierno.pr/oficinas/arn/recursosvivientes/costasreservasrefugios/pmzc/Cambios-rutinarios-PMZC.
Written comments from the public on the Commonwealth's request for
approval of changes to the PRCZMP will continue to be accepted through
30 days from the date of publication of this Federal Register notice.
Comments should address the question of whether the PRCZMP, as
changed, continues to meet the requirements for approval to participate
in the federal Coastal Zone Management Program as described in section
306 of the federal Coastal Zone Management Act, and its implementing
regulations at 15 CFR part 923. NOAA is particularly interested in
comments addressing the requirements for the authorities and
organization of coastal management programs found at 15 CFR part 923,
subpart E, and opportunities for meaningful public participation in the
decision-making process for the program under 15 CFR part 923, subpart
F. Comments regarding implementation issues should be specific to how
the changes to the program have affected implementation.
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management
Program Administration
Dated: October 14, 2015.
John King,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-26840 Filed 10-21-15; 8:45 am]
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