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an otherwise excluded specification listed
below. The following products are outside of,
and/or specifically excluded from, the scope
of this investigation:
(1) Cold-drawn stainless steel tubing,
containing 10.5 percent or more of chromium
by weight and not more than 1.2 percent of
carbon by weight;
(2) products certified to one or more of the
ASTM, ASME or American Petroleum
Institute (API) specifications listed below:
• ASTM A–53;
• ASTM A–106;
• ASTM A–179 (ASME SA 179);
• ASTM A–192 (ASME SA 192);
• ASTM A–209 (ASME SA 209);
• ASTM A–210 (ASME SA 210);
• ASTM A–213 (ASME SA 213);
• ASTM A–334 (ASME SA 334);
• ASTM A–423 (ASME SA 423);
• ASTM A–498;
• ASTM A–496 (ASME SA 496);
• ASTM A–199;
• ASTM A–500;
• ASTM A–556;
• ASTM A–565;
• API 5L; and
• API 5CT
except that any cold-drawn tubing product
certified to one of the above excluded
specifications will not be excluded from the
scope if it is also dual- or multiple-certified
to any other specification that otherwise
would fall within the scope of this
investigation.
The products subject to the investigation
are currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
under item numbers: 7304.31.3000,
7304.31.6050, 7304.51.1000, 7304.51.5005,
7304.51.5060, 7306.30.5015, 7306.30.5020,
7306.50.5030. Subject merchandise may also
enter under numbers 7306.30.1000 and
7306.50.1000. The HTSUS subheadings
above are provided for convenience and
customs purposes only. The written
description of the scope of the investigation
is dispositive.
Appendix II
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List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Scope Comments
V. Selection of Respondents
VI. Preliminary Affirmative Determination of
Critical Circumstances, in Part
VII. Discussion of the Methodology
VIII. Currency Conversion
IX. Adjustment for Countervailable Export
Subsidies
X. Adjustment Under Section 777A(f) of the
Act
XI. Postponement of Preliminary
Determination
XII. Verification
XIII. U.S. International Trade Commission
Notification
XIV. Conclusion
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–071–2017]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 52—
Jamaica, New York; Notification of
Proposed Production Activity;
Advanced Optowave Corporation;
(Diode Pumped Solid State Laser
Systems/Manufacturing);
Ronkonkoma, New York
Suffolk County, grantee of FTZ 52,
submitted a notification of proposed
production activity to the FTZ Board on
behalf of Advanced Optowave
Corporation (Advanced Optowave),
located in Ronkonkoma, New York. The
notification conforming to the
requirements of the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on November 8, 2017.
The Advanced Optowave facility is
located within FTZ 52, Site 5. The
facility will be used for the production
of diode pumped solid state laser
systems (including the controller and
laser). Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b),
FTZ activity would be limited to the
specific foreign-status materials and
components and specific finished
products described in the submitted
notification (as described below) and
subsequently authorized by the FTZ
Board.
Production under FTZ procedures
could exempt Advanced Optowave from
customs duty payments on the foreignstatus components used in export
production. On its domestic sales, for
the foreign-status materials/components
noted below, Advanced Optowave
would be able to choose the duty rates
during customs entry procedures that
apply to diode pumped solid state laser
systems (including the controller) (dutyfree). Advanced Optowave would be
able to avoid duty on foreign-status
components which become scrap/waste.
Customs duties also could possibly be
deferred or reduced on foreign-status
production equipment.
The components and materials
sourced from abroad include: Optics
(laser crystal—neodymium-doped
yttrium orthovanadate (ND:YV04);
lithium triborate crystal; laser mirror;
window optics; optical lens; optical
fiber); laser diode; radio frequency
driver; thermistor; thermal electric
cooler; printed circuit board
(populated); computer power supply
unit; aluminum mechanical parts
(second harmonic generation (SHG) top
cover; SHG bottom cover; third
harmonic generation (THG) top cover;
THG bottom cover; SHG base; THG base;
harmonic base; clamp; mirror mount;
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lens barrel mount; lens barrel mount Tbase; lens barrel; lens barrel spacer;
laser crystal cover; laser base; desiccant
guard; shutter mount; aperture base
small; aperture disc; aperture base wide;
wire adapter; windows mount; Q switch
mount; heat sink; housing body;
housing main cover; housing end cover;
housing box umbilical adapter; housing
leg double slit; housing leg single slit;
housing diode cooling plate; housing
duel fan cooling plate) (duty rate ranges
from duty-free to 5.5%).
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the Board’s Executive
Secretary at the address below. The
closing period for their receipt is
January 2, 2018.
A copy of the notification will be
available for public inspection at the
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
21013, U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the
‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s
Web site, which is accessible via
www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact
Juanita Chen at juanita.chen@trade.gov
or (202) 482–1378.
Dated: November 17, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Marine Mammals and Endangered
Species
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permits and
permit amendments.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
permits or permit amendments have
been issued to the following entities
under the Marine Mammal Protection
Act (MMPA) and the Endangered
Species Act (ESA), as applicable.
ADDRESSES: The permits and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Register notice that announced our
receipt of the application and a
complete description of the research, go
to www.regulations.gov and search on
the permit number provided in the table
below.
Notices
were published in the Federal Register
on the dates listed below that requests
for a permit or permit amendment had
been submitted by the below-named
applicants. To locate the Federal
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Shasta McClenahan (File No. 18786–02
and 21422) and Jennifer Skidmore (File
No. 16305); at (301) 427–8401.
RIN
Applicant
Previous Federal Register
notice
Permit or
amendment
issuance date
16305 ..........
0648–XA807
October 30, 2017.
0648–XD900
80 FR 44939; July 28, 2015 ............
October 18, 2017.
21422 ..........
0648–XF664
John Pierce Wise, Sr. Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
40292.
Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (Responsible
Party: Teri Rowles, D.V.M., Ph.D.), 1315 East West Highway, Silver
Spring, MD 20910.
James Lloyd-Smith, Ph.D., University of California—Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, CA 90095.
77 FR 72829; December 6, 2012 ....
18786–02 ....
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File No.
82 FR 43002; September 13, 2017
October 17, 2017.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final
determination has been made that the
activities proposed for Permit Nos.
16305 and 21422 are categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
An environmental assessment (EA)
was prepared for the original permit
(No. 18786) in compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), to
examine whether significant
environmental impacts could result
from issuance of the proposed scientific
research permit. Based on the analyses
in the EA, NMFS determined that
issuance of the original permit would
not significantly impact the quality of
the human environment and that
preparation of an environmental impact
statement was not required. That
determination was documented in a
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI), signed on June 29, 2015. The
activities in the amendment are
consistent with the analyses in the
original EA and no additional NEPA
analysis was required for the issuance of
this amendment. The original EA and
FONSI are available upon request.
As required by the ESA, as applicable,
issuance of these permit was based on
a finding that such permits: (1) Were
applied for in good faith; (2) will not
operate to the disadvantage of such
endangered species; and (3) are
consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in Section 2 of the
ESA.
Authority: The requested permits
have been issued under the Marine
Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the
regulations governing the taking and
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR
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part 216), the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.), and the regulations governing
the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50
CFR parts 222–226), as applicable.
Dated: November 17, 2017.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
Sara
Young, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, (301) 427–8401. Electronic
copies of the application and supporting
documents, as well as a list of the
references cited in this document, may
be obtained online at:
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental/construction.htm. In case of
problems accessing these documents,
please call the contact listed above.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XF603
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Casitas Pier
Fender Pile Replacement
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental
harassment authorization.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
regulations implementing the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as
amended, notification is hereby given
that NMFS has issued an incidental
harassment authorization (IHA) to
Venoco LLC (Venoco) to incidentally
harass, by Level B harassment only,
marine mammals during construction
activities associated with a fender pile
replacement project in Carpinteria,
California.
SUMMARY:
This authorization is applicable
from November 1, 2017 to October 31,
2018.
DATES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
the Secretary of Commerce (as delegated
to NMFS) 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Marine Mammals and Endangered Species
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permits and permit amendments.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that permits or permit amendments have
been issued to the following entities under the Marine Mammal
Protection Act (MMPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA), as
applicable.
ADDRESSES: The permits and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway,
Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 427-8401; fax (301)
713-0376.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shasta McClenahan (File No. 18786-02
and 21422) and Jennifer Skidmore (File No. 16305); at (301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notices were published in the Federal
Register on the dates listed below that requests for a permit or permit
amendment had been submitted by the below-named applicants. To locate
the Federal Register notice that announced our receipt of the
application and a complete description of the research, go to
www.regulations.gov and search on the permit number provided in the
table below.
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Previous Federal Permit or amendment
File No. RIN Applicant Register notice issuance date
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16305.............. 0648-XA807 John Pierce Wise, 77 FR 72829; October 30, 2017.
Sr. Ph.D., December 6, 2012.
Department of
Pharmacology and
Toxicology, School
of Medicine,
University of
Louisville,
Louisville, KY
40292.
18786-02........... 0648-XD900 Marine Mammal Health 80 FR 44939; July October 18, 2017.
and Stranding 28, 2015.
Response Program
(Responsible Party:
Teri Rowles,
D.V.M., Ph.D.),
1315 East West
Highway, Silver
Spring, MD 20910.
21422.............. 0648-XF664 James Lloyd-Smith, 82 FR 43002; October 17, 2017.
Ph.D., University September 13, 2017.
of California--Los
Angeles, Los
Angeles, CA 90095.
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In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final determination has been made that the
activities proposed for Permit Nos. 16305 and 21422 are categorically
excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
An environmental assessment (EA) was prepared for the original
permit (No. 18786) in compliance with the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), to examine whether significant
environmental impacts could result from issuance of the proposed
scientific research permit. Based on the analyses in the EA, NMFS
determined that issuance of the original permit would not significantly
impact the quality of the human environment and that preparation of an
environmental impact statement was not required. That determination was
documented in a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), signed on
June 29, 2015. The activities in the amendment are consistent with the
analyses in the original EA and no additional NEPA analysis was
required for the issuance of this amendment. The original EA and FONSI
are available upon request.
As required by the ESA, as applicable, issuance of these permit was
based on a finding that such permits: (1) Were applied for in good
faith; (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of such endangered
species; and (3) are consistent with the purposes and policies set
forth in Section 2 of the ESA.
Authority: The requested permits have been issued under the Marine
Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the
regulations governing the taking and importing of marine mammals (50
CFR part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the regulations governing the taking,
importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR
parts 222-226), as applicable.
Dated: November 17, 2017.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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