NOAA's Implementation of the Department of Commerce 2018-2022 Strategic Plan; Public Meetings, 35219-35220 [2018-15937]

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In the event that the CIT’s ruling is not appealed, or appealed and upheld by the CAFC, Commerce will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to liquidate those unliquidated entries of subject merchandise without regard to antidumping duties. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Notification to Interested Parties This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of the APO is a violation subject to sanction. This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 516A(e)(1), 735, and 777(i)(1) of the Act. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:50 Jul 24, 2018 Jkt 244001 Dated: July 18, 2018. Gary Taverman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. [FR Doc. 2018–15878 Filed 7–24–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648–XG367 NOAA’s Implementation of the Department of Commerce 2018–2022 Strategic Plan; Public Meetings National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. AGENCY: The Office of Under Secretary of Commerce (USEC) for Oceans and Atmosphere is holding multiple listening sessions to provide information and receive stakeholder input regarding implementation of the Department of Commerce’s 2018–2022 Strategic Plan. Focal topics will be implementation of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017, reducing the seafood trade deficit, supporting maritime commerce, fisheries, recreation and tourism. The listening sessions will include presentations and time for stakeholder input into the development of priority objectives. The meeting topics are described under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of the notice. DATES: The meetings will be held between August and November 2018. For specific dates and times, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The meetings will be held in Norman, OK; Juneau, AK; St. Petersburg, FL; Madison, WI; Charleston, SC; Seattle, WA; San Diego, CA and Durham, NC. For specific locations, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Kay Roberts, Director of SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4703 35219 Sfmt 4703 0.00 0.00 0.00 Communications, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; telephone: 202–482–6090. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has several initiatives underway to support the Department of Commerce (DOC) 2018– 2022 Strategic Plan. NOAA will address the priority of reducing extreme weather impacts through the implementation of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act (Act). Among other requirements, the Act directs NOAA to improve seasonal and sub-seasonal forecasts, an area of forecasting that presents significant opportunity for improvement. NOAA is also interested in ideas to expand marine aquaculture across the United States as a means of creating quality jobs in coastal communities and reducing the seafood trade deficit. Other aspects to support domestic fisheries include reducing regulatory burden for wild-caught fisheries, implementing and enforcing recent regulations that establish minimum standards for imported seafood, and increasing foreign market access for U.S. seafood products. NOAA is also interested in pursuing efforts to support commerce through expanding precision maritime navigation products, ecotourism through the National Marine Sanctuaries Program, and harnessing the deep sea through ocean exploration. NOAA also intends to re-energize the National Oceanographic Partnership Program—a federal program that facilitates public-private partnerships to fund marine research. For the listening sessions, the Office of Under Secretary of Commerce (USEC) for Oceans and Atmosphere will present background on these ideas and solicit comment from stakeholders. The focus of each public meeting and structure of public comment will be at the discretion of the presenters and NOAA staff. The USEC schedule, location, and agenda for the following eight meetings are as follows with exact times and locations to be released at least 14 days in advance of the events at https:// www.noaa.gov/stories/noaa-startsnationwide-listening-sessions: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\25JYN1.SGM 25JYN1 35220 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 143 / Wednesday, July 25, 2018 / Notices Meetings: Schedule, Location, and Agenda 1. Thursday, August 30, Norman, OK Agenda: To discuss implementation of The Weather Act, including the development of a community-based weather model. Agenda: To discuss opportunities to reduce the nation’s seafood trade deficit, and promote marine commerce and tourism. 3. Monday, September 10, St. Petersburg, Florida 4. Wednesday, September 12, Madison, Wisconsin Agenda: To discuss implementation of The Weather Act, including the development of a community-based weather model. 5. Thursday, October 4, Seattle, Washington Agenda: To discuss implementation of The Weather Act, including the development of a community-based weather model. 6. Tuesday, October 23, Charleston, SC Agenda: To discuss opportunities to improve the efficiency of U.S. ports, reduce the seafood trade deficit, and expand exploration of the nation’s Exclusive Economic Zone. 7. Thursday, November 1, Durham, NC Agenda: To discuss implementation of The Weather Act, including the development of a community-based weather model, opportunities to reduce the nation’s seafood trade deficit, and ocean exploration. 8. Friday, November 9, San Diego, California Agenda: To discuss opportunities to improve the efficiency of U.S. ports, promote domestic aquaculture production, and expand exploration of the nation’s Exclusive Economic Zone. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Special Accommodations These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Julie Kay Roberts; 202–482–6090, at least 10 working days prior to the meeting date. 18:50 Jul 24, 2018 Jkt 244001 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648–XG133 Agenda: To discuss advancing commercial and recreational fisheries, technology development and tourism. VerDate Sep<11>2014 [FR Doc. 2018–15937 Filed 7–24–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–12–P 2. Friday, August 31, Juneau, Alaska Authority: 15 U.S.C. 8501 et seq. Dated: July 20, 2018. Tim Gallaudet, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Port of Kalama Expansion Project on the Lower Columbia River National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental harassment authorization; request for comments. AGENCY: authorization and agency responses will be summarized in the final notice of our decision. DATES: Comments and information must be received no later than August 24, 2018. ADDRESSES: An electronic copy of the final Authorization issued in 2017 and supporting material along with an updated IHA request memo from POK may be obtained by visiting https:// www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ marine-mammal-protection/incidentaltake-authorizations-constructionactivities. In case of problems accessing these documents, please call the contact listed below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale Youngkin, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background 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 SUMMARY: NMFS received a request from U.S. citizens who engage in a specified the Port of Kalama (POK) to issue an activity (other than commercial fishing) incidental harassment authorization within a specified geographical region if (IHA) previously issued to the POK to certain findings are made and either incidentally take three species of marine regulations are issued or, if the taking is mammal, by Level B harassment only, limited to harassment, a notice of a during construction activities associated proposed authorization is provided to with an expansion project at the Port of the public for review. Kalama on the Lower Columbia River, An authorization for incidental Washington. The current IHA was takings shall be granted if NMFS finds issued in 2017 and is in effect until that the taking will have a negligible August 31, 2018 (2017–2018 IHA). impact on the species or stock(s), will However, the project has been delayed not have an unmitigable adverse impact such that none of the work covered by on the availability of the species or the 2017–2018 IHA has been initiated stock(s) for subsistence uses (where and, therefore, the POK requested that relevant), and if the permissible an IHA be issued to conduct their work methods of taking and requirements beginning on or about September 1, pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring 2018 (2018–2019 IHA). NMFS is seeking and reporting of such takings are set public comment on its proposal to issue forth. the 2018–2019 IHA to cover the NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible incidental take analyzed and authorized impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact in the 2017–2018 IHA. Pursuant to the resulting from the specified activity that Marine Mammal Protection Act cannot be reasonably expected to, and is (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments not reasonably likely to, adversely affect on its proposal to issue an IHA to POK the species or stock through effects on to incidentally take, by Level B annual rates of recruitment or survival. harassment, small numbers of marine The MMPA states that the term ‘‘take’’ mammals during the specified activities. means to harass, hunt, capture, kill or The authorized take numbers and attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill related analyses would be the same as any marine mammal. Except with respect to certain for the 2017–2018 IHA, and the required activities not pertinent here, the MMPA mitigation, monitoring, and reporting would remain the same as authorized in defines ‘‘harassment’’ as any act of pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i) the 2017–2018 IHA referenced above. has the potential to injure a marine NMFS will consider public comments mammal or marine mammal stock in the prior to making any final decision on wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has the issuance of the requested MMPA PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\25JYN1.SGM 25JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 25, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35219-35220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15937]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG367

NOAA's Implementation of the Department of Commerce 2018-2022
Strategic Plan; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Under Secretary of Commerce (USEC) for Oceans
and Atmosphere is holding multiple listening sessions to provide
information and receive stakeholder input regarding implementation of
the Department of Commerce's 2018-2022 Strategic Plan. Focal topics
will be implementation of the Weather Research and Forecasting
Innovation Act of 2017, reducing the seafood trade deficit, supporting
maritime commerce, fisheries, recreation and tourism. The listening
sessions will include presentations and time for stakeholder input into
the development of priority objectives. The meeting topics are
described under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of the notice.

DATES: The meetings will be held between August and November 2018. For
specific dates and times, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The meetings will be held in Norman, OK;
Juneau, AK; St. Petersburg, FL; Madison, WI; Charleston, SC; Seattle,
WA; San Diego, CA and Durham, NC. For specific locations, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Kay Roberts, Director of
Communications, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
telephone: 202-482-6090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) has several initiatives underway to support the
Department of Commerce (DOC) 2018-2022 Strategic Plan. NOAA will
address the priority of reducing extreme weather impacts through the
implementation of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act
(Act). Among other requirements, the Act directs NOAA to improve
seasonal and sub-seasonal forecasts, an area of forecasting that
presents significant opportunity for improvement. NOAA is also
interested in ideas to expand marine aquaculture across the United
States as a means of creating quality jobs in coastal communities and
reducing the seafood trade deficit. Other aspects to support domestic
fisheries include reducing regulatory burden for wild-caught fisheries,
implementing and enforcing recent regulations that establish minimum
standards for imported seafood, and increasing foreign market access
for U.S. seafood products. NOAA is also interested in pursuing efforts
to support commerce through expanding precision maritime navigation
products, ecotourism through the National Marine Sanctuaries Program,
and harnessing the deep sea through ocean exploration. NOAA also
intends to re-energize the National Oceanographic Partnership Program--
a federal program that facilitates public-private partnerships to fund
marine research.
For the listening sessions, the Office of Under Secretary of
Commerce (USEC) for Oceans and Atmosphere will present background on
these ideas and solicit comment from stakeholders. The focus of each
public meeting and structure of public comment will be at the
discretion of the presenters and NOAA staff. The USEC schedule,
location, and agenda for the following eight meetings are as follows
with exact times and locations to be released at least 14 days in
advance of the events at https://www.noaa.gov/stories/noaa-starts-nationwide-listening-sessions:

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Meetings: Schedule, Location, and Agenda

1. Thursday, August 30, Norman, OK

Agenda: To discuss implementation of The Weather Act, including the
development of a community-based weather model.

2. Friday, August 31, Juneau, Alaska

Agenda: To discuss opportunities to reduce the nation's seafood
trade deficit, and promote marine commerce and tourism.

3. Monday, September 10, St. Petersburg, Florida

Agenda: To discuss advancing commercial and recreational fisheries,
technology development and tourism.

4. Wednesday, September 12, Madison, Wisconsin

Agenda: To discuss implementation of The Weather Act, including the
development of a community-based weather model.

5. Thursday, October 4, Seattle, Washington

Agenda: To discuss implementation of The Weather Act, including the
development of a community-based weather model.

6. Tuesday, October 23, Charleston, SC

Agenda: To discuss opportunities to improve the efficiency of U.S.
ports, reduce the seafood trade deficit, and expand exploration of the
nation's Exclusive Economic Zone.

7. Thursday, November 1, Durham, NC

Agenda: To discuss implementation of The Weather Act, including the
development of a community-based weather model, opportunities to reduce
the nation's seafood trade deficit, and ocean exploration.

8. Friday, November 9, San Diego, California

Agenda: To discuss opportunities to improve the efficiency of U.S.
ports, promote domestic aquaculture production, and expand exploration
of the nation's Exclusive Economic Zone.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Julie Kay Roberts; 202-482-6090,
at least 10 working days prior to the meeting date.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.

Dated: July 20, 2018.
Tim Gallaudet,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration.
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