Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits, 15791-15792 [2018-07597]
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Appendix—Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this investigation
are certain forged stainless steel flanges,
whether unfinished, semi-finished, or
finished (certain forged stainless steel
flanges). Certain forged stainless steel flanges
are generally manufactured to, but not
limited to, the material specification of
ASTM/ASME A/SA182 or comparable
domestic or foreign specifications. Certain
forged stainless steel flanges are made in
various grades such as, but not limited to,
304, 304L, 316, and 316L (or combinations
thereof). The term ‘‘stainless steel’’ used in
this scope refers to an alloy steel containing,
by actual weight, 1.2 percent or less of carbon
and 10.5 percent or more of chromium, with
or without other elements.
Unfinished stainless steel flanges possess
the approximate shape of finished stainless
steel flanges and have not yet been machined
to final specification after the initial forging
or like operations. These machining
processes may include, but are not limited to,
boring, facing, spot facing, drilling, tapering,
threading, beveling, heating, or compressing.
Semi-finished stainless steel flanges are
unfinished stainless steel flanges that have
undergone some machining processes.
The scope includes six general types of
flanges. They are: (1) Weld neck, generally
used in butt-weld line connection; (2)
threaded, generally used for threaded line
connections; (3) slip-on, generally used to
slide over pipe; (4) lap joint, generally used
with stub-ends/butt-weld line connections;
(5) socket weld, generally used to fit pipe
into a machine recession; and (6) blind,
generally used to seal off a line. The sizes
and descriptions of the flanges within the
scope include all pressure classes of ASME
B16.5 and range from one-half inch to
twenty-four inches nominal pipe size.
Specifically excluded from the scope of these
orders are cast stainless steel flanges. Cast
stainless steel flanges generally are
manufactured to specification ASTM A351.
The country of origin for certain forged
stainless steel flanges, whether unfinished,
semi-finished, or finished is the country
where the flange was forged. Subject
merchandise includes stainless steel flanges
as defined above that have been further
processed in a third country. The processing
includes, but is not limited to, boring, facing,
spot facing, drilling, tapering, threading,
beveling, heating, or compressing, and/or any
other processing that would not otherwise
remove the merchandise from the scope of
the investigations if performed in the country
of manufacture of the stainless steel flanges.
Merchandise subject to the investigation is
typically imported under headings
7307.21.1000 and 7307.21.5000 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS). While HTSUS subheadings
and ASTM specifications are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XG142
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;
General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Application for Exempted
Fishing Permits
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Assistant Regional
Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries,
Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS
(Assistant Regional Administrator), has
made a preliminary determination that
three exempted fishing permit
applications contain all of the required
information and warrant further
consideration. These exempted fishing
permits would authorize five
commercial fishing vessels to test the
economic viability of using hook gear to
selectively target pollock and haddock
in the Western Gulf of Maine and
Cashes Ledge Closure Areas (excluding
the Cashes Ledge Habitat Management
Area), and to temporarily retain
undersized catch for measurement and
data collection.
Regulations under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act require publication of
this notification to provide interested
parties the opportunity to comment on
applications for proposed exempted
fishing permits.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 27, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments by any of the following
methods:
• Email: NMFS.GAR.EFP@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line ‘‘Comments
on EFP Applications for Hook Gear
Access to WGOM and Cashes Ledge
Closure Areas.’’
• Mail: Michael Pentony, Regional
Administrator, NMFS, Greater Atlantic
Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great
Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930.
Mark the outside of the envelope
‘‘Comments on EFP Applications for
Hook Gear Access to WGOM and Cashes
Ledge Closure Areas.’’
SUMMARY:
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Kyle
Molton, Fishery Management Specialist,
978–281–9236, Kyle.Molton@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Two
commercial fishermen and a groundfish
sector submitted complete applications
to renew exempted fishing permits
(EFPs) on February 16, 2018, to conduct
commercial fishing activities that the
regulations would otherwise restrict.
These EFPs would authorize five
commercial fishing vessels to fish a
combined total of 150 trips in the
Western Gulf of Maine (WGOM) and
Cashes Ledge Closure Areas, excluding
the Cashes Ledge Habitat Management
Area (HMA), with hook gear, and to
temporarily retain undersized catch for
measurement and data collection.
Within the Cashes Ledge Closure Area,
access would be permitted in the
Fippennies Ledge HMA, but not in the
Cashes Ledge or Ammen Rock HMAs.
These HMAs were developed as part of
the New England Fisheries Management
Council’s Omnibus Essential Fish
Habitat Amendment 2, and approved by
NMFS on January 3, 2018.
The EFPs would authorize the
applicants to use hook gear to
selectively target pollock and haddock
while maintaining minimal bycatch. In
addition, the applicants would also
explore and develop premium markets
to increase the value of the catch. This
study would be conducted in the
WGOM and Cashes Ledge Closure
Areas. The applicants have requested
access to these areas based on reports,
and experimental fishing, which suggest
that there are high concentrations of the
target species located in these areas. The
exemptions are necessary to conduct
this study because vessels on
commercial groundfish trips are
prohibited from fishing for groundfish
in these closed areas and from retaining
undersized groundfish. EFP trips would
occur year-round, excluding existing
seasonal closures.
Participating vessels would take a
combined total of 150 trips to closed
areas. Trips would be roughly 24 hours
or less in length. Vessels would use
automated jigging machines, handline,
and rod and reel gears only. Based on
preliminary 2017 data, estimated catch
on these trips is between 1,000 and
2,000 lb (453.5 to 907.2 kg) of pollock
and haddock, combined, per trip. 2017
data indicate that catch of non-target
species is small; cod represented less
than 10 percent of catch overall, and
other species were encountered only
sporadically or in low numbers.
Because these vessels would be
fishing in closed areas, and must
minimize interactions with non-target
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species like cod, the use of a vessel
monitoring system and 100-percent
monitoring would be required for all
vessels. A research technician or at-sea
monitor would accompany all trips that
occur under these EFPs to measure and
document fish caught and document
fishing gear, bait, location, and fishing
conditions to evaluate gear performance.
The vessel captains would also
document fishing practices used to
avoid bycatch of non-target species.
Undersized fish would be discarded as
quickly as possible after sampling. All
Northeast multispecies of legal size
would be landed, and all catch would
be attributed to the vessel’s sector
annual catch entitlement. The
applicants will also document ex-vessel
price for all sold catch for comparison
with other harvest methods and
markets. The participating vessels
would not be exempt from any sector
monitoring or reporting requirements.
If approved, the applicants may
request minor modifications and
extensions to the EFPs throughout the
year. EFP modifications and extensions
may be granted without further notice if
they are deemed essential to facilitate
completion of the proposed research
and have minimal impacts that do not
change the scope or impact of the
initially approved EFP request.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 9, 2018.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XG152
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;
General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Application for Exempted
Fishing Permits
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Assistant Regional
Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries,
Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has
made a preliminary determination that
an exempted fishing permit application
submitted by the Cape Cod Commercial
Fishermen’s Alliance contains all of the
required information and warrants
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further consideration. This exempted
fishing permit would require
participants to use electronic
monitoring systems on 100 percent of
sector trips for catch accounting in the
groundfish fishery. Additionally, vessels
would be authorized to access portions
of groundfish closed areas. Regulations
under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
require publication of this notification
to provide interested parties the
opportunity to comment on applications
for proposed exempted fishing permits.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 27, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments by either of the following
methods:
• Email: nmfs.gar.efp@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line ‘‘100
PERCENT EM EFP.’’
• Mail: Michael Pentony, Regional
Administrator, NMFS, Greater Atlantic
Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great
Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930.
Mark the outside of the envelope ‘‘100
PERCENT EM EFP.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Claire Fitz-Gerald, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978–281–9255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Groundfish sectors are required to
implement and fund an at-sea
monitoring (ASM) program. Sectors may
use electronic monitoring (EM) to satisfy
this monitoring requirement, provided
that NMFS deems the technology
sufficient for catch monitoring. NMFS
has yet to approve EM as a suitable
alternative to ASM. However, NMFS is
working with industry and other
stakeholders to test the operational
feasibility of EM and resolve
outstanding barriers to implementation.
Project partners include the Cape Cod
Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance, The
Nature Conservancy, the Maine Coast
Fishermen’s Association, the Gulf of
Maine Research Institute, and fishermen
from the Northeast Fishery Sectors V &
XI, the GB Cod Fixed Gear Sector, the
Sustainable Harvest Sector, and the
Maine Coast Community Sector.
In fishing year 2017, NMFS issued an
exempted fishing permit (EFP) to these
project partners to develop an auditmodel EM program for the groundfish
fishery. The EFP required vessels to use
EM systems on 100 percent of
groundfish sector trips to verify
regulated groundfish discards. EM was
used in lieu of human observers to meet
their sector ASM requirements. Thirteen
vessels using a variety of gear types (e.g.
hook, benthic longline, sink gillnet,
bottom trawl) participated in the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XG142
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable
Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS (Assistant Regional
Administrator), has made a preliminary determination that three
exempted fishing permit applications contain all of the required
information and warrant further consideration. These exempted fishing
permits would authorize five commercial fishing vessels to test the
economic viability of using hook gear to selectively target pollock and
haddock in the Western Gulf of Maine and Cashes Ledge Closure Areas
(excluding the Cashes Ledge Habitat Management Area), and to
temporarily retain undersized catch for measurement and data
collection.
Regulations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act require publication of this notification to provide
interested parties the opportunity to comment on applications for
proposed exempted fishing permits.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 27, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments by any of the following
methods:
Email: [email protected]. Include in the subject line
``Comments on EFP Applications for Hook Gear Access to WGOM and Cashes
Ledge Closure Areas.''
Mail: Michael Pentony, Regional Administrator, NMFS,
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great Republic Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the outside of the envelope ``Comments on
EFP Applications for Hook Gear Access to WGOM and Cashes Ledge Closure
Areas.''
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle Molton, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978-281-9236, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Two commercial fishermen and a groundfish
sector submitted complete applications to renew exempted fishing
permits (EFPs) on February 16, 2018, to conduct commercial fishing
activities that the regulations would otherwise restrict. These EFPs
would authorize five commercial fishing vessels to fish a combined
total of 150 trips in the Western Gulf of Maine (WGOM) and Cashes Ledge
Closure Areas, excluding the Cashes Ledge Habitat Management Area
(HMA), with hook gear, and to temporarily retain undersized catch for
measurement and data collection. Within the Cashes Ledge Closure Area,
access would be permitted in the Fippennies Ledge HMA, but not in the
Cashes Ledge or Ammen Rock HMAs. These HMAs were developed as part of
the New England Fisheries Management Council's Omnibus Essential Fish
Habitat Amendment 2, and approved by NMFS on January 3, 2018.
The EFPs would authorize the applicants to use hook gear to
selectively target pollock and haddock while maintaining minimal
bycatch. In addition, the applicants would also explore and develop
premium markets to increase the value of the catch. This study would be
conducted in the WGOM and Cashes Ledge Closure Areas. The applicants
have requested access to these areas based on reports, and experimental
fishing, which suggest that there are high concentrations of the target
species located in these areas. The exemptions are necessary to conduct
this study because vessels on commercial groundfish trips are
prohibited from fishing for groundfish in these closed areas and from
retaining undersized groundfish. EFP trips would occur year-round,
excluding existing seasonal closures.
Participating vessels would take a combined total of 150 trips to
closed areas. Trips would be roughly 24 hours or less in length.
Vessels would use automated jigging machines, handline, and rod and
reel gears only. Based on preliminary 2017 data, estimated catch on
these trips is between 1,000 and 2,000 lb (453.5 to 907.2 kg) of
pollock and haddock, combined, per trip. 2017 data indicate that catch
of non-target species is small; cod represented less than 10 percent of
catch overall, and other species were encountered only sporadically or
in low numbers.
Because these vessels would be fishing in closed areas, and must
minimize interactions with non-target species like cod, the use of a
vessel monitoring system and 100-percent monitoring would be required
for all vessels. A research technician or at-sea monitor would
accompany all trips that occur under these EFPs to measure and document
fish caught and document fishing gear, bait, location, and fishing
conditions to evaluate gear performance. The vessel captains would also
document fishing practices used to avoid bycatch of non-target species.
Undersized fish would be discarded as quickly as possible after
sampling. All Northeast multispecies of legal size would be landed, and
all catch would be attributed to the vessel's sector annual catch
entitlement. The applicants will also document ex-vessel price for all
sold catch for comparison with other harvest methods and markets. The
participating vessels would not be exempt from any sector monitoring or
reporting requirements.
If approved, the applicants may request minor modifications and
extensions to the EFPs throughout the year. EFP modifications and
extensions may be granted without further notice if they are deemed
essential to facilitate completion of the proposed research and have
minimal impacts that do not change the scope or impact of the initially
approved EFP request.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 9, 2018.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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