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Room, 803 W 2nd Street, Cle Elum,
Washington 98922;
2. Ellensburg—Armory Main Hall, Kittitas
Valley Event Center, 901 East 7th Ave.,
Ellensburg, Washington 98926.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR01113000, XXXR0680R1,
RR.R0336A1R.7WRMP0032]
AGENCY:
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and public
meetings.
The Bureau of Reclamation
and Washington State Department of
Ecology (Ecology) have made available
for public review and comment the
Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant
and Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess
Reservoir Conveyance Supplemental
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(SDEIS). This SDEIS was previously
identified in the Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement as ‘‘Keechelus Reservoir-toKachess Reservoir Conveyance and
Kachess Inactive Storage.’’ The name
was changed to better reflect the
proposed action and alternatives
evaluated in the SDEIS. The SDEIS
addresses the impacts associated with
the Kachess Drought Relief Pumping
Plant (KDRPP) and Keechelus Reservoirto-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance (KKC)
by expanding on the analysis conducted
in the Yakima River Basin Integrated
Water Resource Management Plan
(Integrated Plan) Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement
(March 2012).
DATES: Send written comments on the
SDEIS on or before July 12, 2018.
Two public meetings will be held on
the following dates:
1. Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 4:00
p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Cle Elum, WA.
2. Thursday, May 17, 2018, 4:00 p.m.
to 7:00 p.m., Ellensburg, WA.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments or
requests for copies to Ms. Candace
McKinley, Bureau of Reclamation, 1917
Marsh Road, Yakima, WA 98901, 509–
575–5848, ext. 603, or via email to
kkbt@usbr.gov. The SDEIS is also
accessible on the following websites:
https://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/eis/
kdrpp/ and https://
www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/eis/kkc/
index.html.
The public meeting locations are:
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SUMMARY:
1. Cle Elum—U.S. Forest Service, Cle Elum
Ranger District, Tom Craven Conference
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Ms.
Candace McKinley, 509–575–5848, ext.
603; or by email at kkbt@usbr.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Bureau of Reclamation published a
notice of availability of a draft
environmental impact statement
previously identified as ‘‘Keechelus
Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir
Conveyance and Kachess Inactive
Storage’’ in the Federal Register on
January 9, 2015 (80 FR 1431). The
public comment period was reopened
and concluded on June 15, 2015. A
supplemental draft environmental
impact statement was necessary after
analyzing the need for a floating
pumping plant that could be a feasible
alternative to achieve the KDRPP
purposes. The SDEIS, titled, ‘‘Kachess
Drought Relief Pumping Plant and
Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess
Reservoir Conveyance Supplemental
Draft Environmental Impact Statement’’
documents the potential effects that may
result from the new pumping plant at
Kachess Reservoir and water
conveyance from Keechelus Reservoir to
Kachess Reservoir.
The SDEIS evaluates construction and
operation of three alternative designs
and locations for the Kachess Drought
Relief Pumping Plant, including
reservoir intakes and tunnels, pumping
plants and pump units, pipelines, surge
tanks, outlet works, fish screens and
barriers, power supply substations, and
electric transmission lines. The SDEIS
also evaluates construction and
operation of the KKC, including the
Yakima River diversion and intake, the
Yakima River to Keechelus portal
conveyance, fish screen, bored tunnel,
discharge structure, spillway and
stilling basin, and mechanical building
as a component of KDRPP.
The primary study area generally
encompasses Kachess Reservoir and its
tributaries, Keechelus Reservoir and its
tributaries, the Kachess River, the
Yakima River between Keechelus Dam
and the Easton Diversion Dam near Lake
Easton and the electric transmission line
route from near Easton to the Kachess
Reservoir pumping plant. The extended
study area generally includes the
Yakima Project vicinity.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Notice of Availability of a
Supplemental Draft Environmental
Impact Statement and Notice of Public
Meetings for the Kachess Drought
Relief Pumping Plant and Keechelus
Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir
Conveyance, Kittitas and Yakima
Counties, Washington
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Authority
The Kachess and Keechelus reservoirs
were authorized on December 12, 1905,
by the Secretary of the Interior in
connection with the Tieton and
Sunnyside Divisions of the Yakima
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Project. The Secretary was acting under
authority of the Reclamation Act of June
17, 1902. The Yakima River Basin Water
Enhancement Project was authorized on
December 28, 1979 (93 Stat. 1241, Pub.
L. 96–162, Feasibility Study—Yakima
River Basin Water Enhancement
Project). Title XII of the YavapaiPrescott Indian Tribe Water Rights
Settlement Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 4526
Pub. L. 103–434) authorized fish,
wildlife, and recreation as additional
purposes of the Yakima Project.
Public Review of SDEIS
Copies of the SDEIS are available for
public review at the following locations:
1. Bureau of Reclamation, ColumbiaCascades Area Office, 1917 Marsh Road,
Yakima, Washington 98901.
2. Washington State Department of
Ecology, 15 W. Yakima Avenue, Suite
200, Yakima, Washington 98902.
Libraries
1. Carpenter Memorial Library, 302 N
Pennsylvania Ave., Cle Elum, WA
98922.
2. Ellensburg Public Library, 209 N.
Ruby St., Ellensburg, WA 98926.
3. Roslyn Public Library, 201 S. First
St., Roslyn, WA 98941.
4. Benton City Library, 810 Horne Dr.,
Benton City, WA 99320.
5. Kennewick Library, 1620 S. Union
St., Kennewick, WA 99338.
6. Kittitas Public Library, 200 N.
Pierce St., Kittitas, WA 98934.
7. Mid-Columbia Library, 405 S.
Dayton St., Kennewick, WA 99336.
8. Pasco Library, 1320 W. Hopkins St.,
Pasco, WA 99301.
9. Prosser Library, 902 7th St.,
Prosser, WA 99350.
10. Richland Public Library, 955
Northgate Dr., Richland, WA 99352.
11. Sunnyside Public Library, 621
Grant Ave., Sunnyside, WA 98944.
12. Toppenish Library, 1 S. Elm St.,
Toppenish, WA 98948.
13. Wapato Library, 119 E. 3rd St.,
Wapato, WA 98951.
14. Washington State Library, Point
Plaza East, 6880 Capitol Blvd. SE,
Tumwater, WA 98504.
15. West Richland Library, 3803 W.
Van Giesen St., Richland, WA 99353.
16. Yakama Nation Library, 100 SpielYi Loop, Toppenish, WA 98948.
17. Yakima Valley Regional Library,
102 N. 3rd St., Yakima, WA 98901.
Special Assistance for Public Meetings
If special assistance is required at the
public meetings, please contact Ms.
Candace McKinley, at kkbt@usbr.gov or
509–575–5848, ext. 603. Please notify
Ms. McKinley as far in advance of the
meeting as possible to enable
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Reclamation to secure the needed
services. If a request cannot be honored,
the requestor will be notified. TTY users
may dial 711 to obtain a toll-free TTY
relay.
Public Disclosure
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: April 6, 2018.
Lorri J. Gray,
Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 337–TA–1002]
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel
Products; Commission Determination
To Terminate the Investigation in Its
Entirety
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission has determined to
terminate the investigation in its
entirety.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Megan M. Valentine, Office of the
General Counsel, U.S. International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)
708–2301. Copies of non-confidential
documents filed in connection with this
investigation are or will be available for
inspection during official business
hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the
Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E
Street SW, Washington, DC 20436,
telephone (202) 205–2000. General
information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
internet server at https://www.usitc.gov.
The public record for this investigation
may be viewed on the Commission’s
electronic docket (EDIS) at https://
edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired
persons are advised that information on
this matter can be obtained by
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contacting the Commission’s TDD
terminal on (202) 205–1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission instituted Inv. No. 337–
TA–1002 on June 2, 2016, based on a
complaint filed by complainant United
States Steel Corporation of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania (‘‘U.S. Steel’’), alleging a
violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337
(‘‘section 337’’). See 81 FR 35381 (June
2, 2016). The complaint alleges
violations of section 337 based upon the
importation into the United States, or in
the sale after importation of certain
carbon and alloy steel products by
reason of: (1) A conspiracy to fix prices
and control output and export volumes,
the threat or effect of which is to
restrain or monopolize trade and
commerce in the United States; (2)
misappropriation and use of trade
secrets, the threat or effect of which is
to destroy or substantially injure an
industry in the United States; and (3)
false designation of origin or
manufacturer, the threat or effect of
which is to destroy or substantially
injure an industry in the United States.
Id. The notice of investigation identified
forty (40) respondents that are Chinese
steel manufacturers or distributors, as
well as some of their Hong Kong and
United States affiliates. Id. In addition,
the Office of Unfair Import
Investigations is also a party in this
investigation. Id. Eighteen (18)
respondents participated in the
investigation and all other respondents
were found in default, including fifteen
(15) respondents that are subject to the
false designation of origin claim
(‘‘Defaulting Respondents’’). See
Comm’n Notice (Oct. 14, 2016), Comm’n
Notice (Oct. 18, 2016), Comm’n Notice
(Nov. 18, 2016).
On August 26, 2016, the participating
respondents filed a motion to terminate
U.S. Steel’s antitrust claim under 19
CFR 210.21. On November 14, 2016, the
presiding administrative law judge
(‘‘ALJ’’) issued an initial determination
(‘‘ID’’), granting Respondents’ motion to
terminate Complainant’s antitrust claim
under 19 CFR 210.21 and, in the
alternative, under 19 CFR 210.18. Order
No. 38 (Nov. 14, 2016). On December
19, 2016, the Commission issued a
Notice determining to review Order No.
38. See 81 FR 94416–7 (Dec. 23, 2016).
On April 20, 2017, the Commission held
an oral argument on the issue of
whether a complainant alleging a
violation of section 337 based on
antitrust law must show antitrust injury.
On February 15, 2017, U.S. Steel filed
a motion to partially terminate the
investigation on the basis of withdrawal
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of its trade secret allegations, which
were alleged against only certain of the
participating respondents. On February
22, 2017, the ALJ issued an ID, granting
U.S. Steel’s motion to terminate the
investigation with respect to its trade
secret allegations. Order No. 56 (Feb. 22,
2017). On March 24, 2017, the
Commission determined not to review
Order No. 56. Comm’n Notice (Mar. 24,
2017).
On October 2, 2017, the ALJ issued an
ID, granting the remaining participating
respondents’ motions for summary
determination of no section 337
violation based on false designation of
origin. Order No. 103 (Oct. 2, 2017). On
November 1, 2017, the Commission
determined not to review Order No. 103.
Comm’n Notice (Nov. 1, 2017).
On March 19, 2018, the Commission
terminated the investigation as to the
antitrust claim. Notice (Mar. 19, 2018).
In the same notice, the Commission
requested briefing on remedy, public
interest, and bonding concerning the
previously defaulted respondents
subject to the false designation of origin
claim. Id.
On March 30, 2018, U.S. Steel
submitted a letter indicating that it did
not intend to file a response to the
Commission’s request for briefing on
remedy, public interest, and bonding
concerning the previously defaulted
respondents subject to the false
designation of origin claim. Also on
March 30, 2018, OUII filed a response
to the Commission’s notice,
recommending that the Commission
decline to issue remedial orders against
the Defaulting Respondents under the
circumstances.
The Commission is authorized to
issue relief against defaulters pursuant
to section 337(g)(1) ‘‘upon request’’ from
the complainant. 19 U.S.C. 1337(g)(1).
Because U.S. Steel has abandoned its
request, as stated in the complaint, for
a remedy against the Defaulting
Respondents, the Commission has
determined to terminate the
investigation in its entirety.
The authority for the Commission’s
determination is contained in section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in Part
210 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (19 CFR part
210).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: April 9, 2018.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR01113000, XXXR0680R1, RR.R0336A1R.7WRMP0032]
Notice of Availability of a Supplemental Draft Environmental
Impact Statement and Notice of Public Meetings for the Kachess Drought
Relief Pumping Plant and Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir
Conveyance, Kittitas and Yakima Counties, Washington
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation and Washington State Department of
Ecology (Ecology) have made available for public review and comment the
Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant and Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess
Reservoir Conveyance Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(SDEIS). This SDEIS was previously identified in the Notice of Intent
to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement as ``Keechelus Reservoir-
to-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance and Kachess Inactive Storage.'' The
name was changed to better reflect the proposed action and alternatives
evaluated in the SDEIS. The SDEIS addresses the impacts associated with
the Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant (KDRPP) and Keechelus
Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance (KKC) by expanding on the
analysis conducted in the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource
Management Plan (Integrated Plan) Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (March 2012).
DATES: Send written comments on the SDEIS on or before July 12, 2018.
Two public meetings will be held on the following dates:
1. Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Cle Elum, WA.
2. Thursday, May 17, 2018, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Ellensburg, WA.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments or requests for copies to Ms. Candace
McKinley, Bureau of Reclamation, 1917 Marsh Road, Yakima, WA 98901,
509-575-5848, ext. 603, or via email to [email protected]. The SDEIS is
also accessible on the following websites: https://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/eis/kdrpp/ and https://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/eis/kkc/.
The public meeting locations are:
1. Cle Elum--U.S. Forest Service, Cle Elum Ranger District, Tom
Craven Conference Room, 803 W 2nd Street, Cle Elum, Washington
98922;
2. Ellensburg--Armory Main Hall, Kittitas Valley Event Center,
901 East 7th Ave., Ellensburg, Washington 98926.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Candace McKinley, 509-575-5848,
ext. 603; or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of Reclamation published a notice
of availability of a draft environmental impact statement previously
identified as ``Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance and
Kachess Inactive Storage'' in the Federal Register on January 9, 2015
(80 FR 1431). The public comment period was reopened and concluded on
June 15, 2015. A supplemental draft environmental impact statement was
necessary after analyzing the need for a floating pumping plant that
could be a feasible alternative to achieve the KDRPP purposes. The
SDEIS, titled, ``Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant and Keechelus
Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance Supplemental Draft
Environmental Impact Statement'' documents the potential effects that
may result from the new pumping plant at Kachess Reservoir and water
conveyance from Keechelus Reservoir to Kachess Reservoir.
The SDEIS evaluates construction and operation of three alternative
designs and locations for the Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant,
including reservoir intakes and tunnels, pumping plants and pump units,
pipelines, surge tanks, outlet works, fish screens and barriers, power
supply substations, and electric transmission lines. The SDEIS also
evaluates construction and operation of the KKC, including the Yakima
River diversion and intake, the Yakima River to Keechelus portal
conveyance, fish screen, bored tunnel, discharge structure, spillway
and stilling basin, and mechanical building as a component of KDRPP.
The primary study area generally encompasses Kachess Reservoir and
its tributaries, Keechelus Reservoir and its tributaries, the Kachess
River, the Yakima River between Keechelus Dam and the Easton Diversion
Dam near Lake Easton and the electric transmission line route from near
Easton to the Kachess Reservoir pumping plant. The extended study area
generally includes the Yakima Project vicinity.
Authority
The Kachess and Keechelus reservoirs were authorized on December
12, 1905, by the Secretary of the Interior in connection with the
Tieton and Sunnyside Divisions of the Yakima Project. The Secretary was
acting under authority of the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902. The
Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project was authorized on December
28, 1979 (93 Stat. 1241, Pub. L. 96-162, Feasibility Study--Yakima
River Basin Water Enhancement Project). Title XII of the Yavapai-
Prescott Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1994 (108 Stat.
4526 Pub. L. 103-434) authorized fish, wildlife, and recreation as
additional purposes of the Yakima Project.
Public Review of SDEIS
Copies of the SDEIS are available for public review at the
following locations:
1. Bureau of Reclamation, Columbia-Cascades Area Office, 1917 Marsh
Road,
Yakima, Washington 98901.
2. Washington State Department of Ecology, 15 W. Yakima Avenue,
Suite 200, Yakima, Washington 98902.
Libraries
1. Carpenter Memorial Library, 302 N Pennsylvania Ave., Cle Elum,
WA 98922.
2. Ellensburg Public Library, 209 N. Ruby St., Ellensburg, WA
98926.
3. Roslyn Public Library, 201 S. First St., Roslyn, WA 98941.
4. Benton City Library, 810 Horne Dr., Benton City, WA 99320.
5. Kennewick Library, 1620 S. Union St., Kennewick, WA 99338.
6. Kittitas Public Library, 200 N. Pierce St., Kittitas, WA 98934.
7. Mid-Columbia Library, 405 S. Dayton St., Kennewick, WA 99336.
8. Pasco Library, 1320 W. Hopkins St., Pasco, WA 99301.
9. Prosser Library, 902 7th St., Prosser, WA 99350.
10. Richland Public Library, 955 Northgate Dr., Richland, WA 99352.
11. Sunnyside Public Library, 621 Grant Ave., Sunnyside, WA 98944.
12. Toppenish Library, 1 S. Elm St., Toppenish, WA 98948.
13. Wapato Library, 119 E. 3rd St., Wapato, WA 98951.
14. Washington State Library, Point Plaza East, 6880 Capitol Blvd.
SE, Tumwater, WA 98504.
15. West Richland Library, 3803 W. Van Giesen St., Richland, WA
99353.
16. Yakama Nation Library, 100 Spiel-Yi Loop, Toppenish, WA 98948.
17. Yakima Valley Regional Library, 102 N. 3rd St., Yakima, WA
98901.
Special Assistance for Public Meetings
If special assistance is required at the public meetings, please
contact Ms. Candace McKinley, at [email protected] or 509-575-5848, ext.
603. Please notify Ms. McKinley as far in advance of the meeting as
possible to enable
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Reclamation to secure the needed services. If a request cannot be
honored, the requestor will be notified. TTY users may dial 711 to
obtain a toll-free TTY relay.
Public Disclosure
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Dated: April 6, 2018.
Lorri J. Gray,
Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2018-07737 Filed 4-12-18; 8:45 am]
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