Notice of Availability of Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessments for Field Operations at Thirteen National Marine Sanctuaries and Two Marine National Monuments, 38684-38685 [2018-16812]
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provide an explanation of the attempts
it made to locate the producer or
exporter at the same time it files its
request for review, in order for the
Secretary to determine if the interested
party’s attempts were reasonable,
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.303(f)(3)(ii).
As explained in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003), and NonMarket Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of
Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694
(October 24, 2011), Commerce clarified
its practice with respect to the
collection of final antidumping duties
on imports of merchandise where
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exporter conditionally subject to an
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CBP to liquidate entries for all exporters
not named in the initiation notice,
2 See also the Enforcement and Compliance
website at https://trade.gov/enforcement/.
3 See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement
of Change in Department Practice for Respondent
Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and
Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy
Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78
FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
4 In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), parties
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including those that were suspended at
the NME entity rate.
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Countervailing Duty Centralized
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Further, in accordance with 19 CFR
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requests received by the last day of
August 2018. If Commerce does not
receive, by the last day of August 2018,
a request for review of entries covered
by an order, finding, or suspended
investigation listed in this notice and for
the period identified above, Commerce
will instruct CBP to assess antidumping
or countervailing duties on those entries
at a rate equal to the cash deposit of
estimated antidumping or
countervailing duties required on those
entries at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption and to continue to collect
the cash deposit previously ordered.
For the first administrative review of
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of antidumping or countervailing duties
on entries of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption during the relevant
provisional-measures ‘‘gap’’ period of
the order, if such a gap period is
applicable to the period of review.
This notice is not required by statute
but is published as a service to the
international trading community.
Dated: August 1, 2018.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations performing the duties of Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Notice of Availability of Draft
Programmatic Environmental
Assessments for Field Operations at
Thirteen National Marine Sanctuaries
and Two Marine National Monuments
Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
has prepared four draft programmatic
environmental assessments for the
proposed continuation of field
operations for each region of sites
managed by the Office of National
Marine Sanctuaries. The field
operations support resource protection,
research and education objectives as
mandated by the National Marine
Sanctuaries Act and as described in sitespecific management plans. In each
PEA, NOAA analyzes the potential
effects on the human environment of
two alternatives to implement field
operations in the subject region. NOAA
is soliciting public comment on the four
regional draft programmatic
environmental assessments.
DATES: Comments on these draft
programmatic environmental
assessments will be considered if
received by September 21, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on these documents, identified by
NOAA–NOS–2018–XXXX, by any of the
following methods:
—Electronic Submission: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;
D=NOAA-NOS-2018-XXXX, click the
‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, complete the
required fields, and enter or attach
your comments.
—Mail: Helene Scalliet, Office of
National Marine Sanctuaries, 1305
East West Highway, R/ORM6, Silver
Spring, MD 20910.
Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered by NOAA. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted for public
viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address),
confidential business information, or
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otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible. NOAA will
accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/
A’’ in the required fields if you wish to
remain anonymous).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Helene Scalliet, Policy and Planning
Division, Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries at 240–533–0648 or via
email at helene.scalliet@noaa.gov.
Copies of the draft programmatic
environmental assessments can be
downloaded or viewed on the internet
at www.regulations.gov (search for
docket #NOAA–NOS–2018–XXXX).
Copies can also be obtained by
contacting the person identified under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
NOAA’s Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries (ONMS) serves as the
trustee for a network of underwater
parks encompassing more than 600,000
square miles of marine and Great Lakes
waters. The network includes a system
of 13 national marine sanctuaries and
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Papahanaumokuakea and Rose Atoll
marine national monuments. The
National Marine Sanctuaries Act
(NMSA; 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) is the
statute governing the National Marine
Sanctuary System. The NMSA
authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to
designate as national marine sanctuaries
areas of the marine environment or
Great Lakes with special national
significance due to their conservation,
recreational, ecological, historical,
scientific, cultural, archeological,
educational or aesthetic qualities. The
primary objective of the NMSA is to
protect sanctuary resources, which span
diverse geographic and administrative
boundaries. Accordingly, ONMS
subscribes to a broad and
comprehensive management approach
to meet the NMSA’s primary objective
of resource protection. Comprehensive
sanctuary and monument management,
described in detail in each site’s
management plan, serves as a
framework for addressing long-term
protection of a wide range of living and
non-living marine resources, while
allowing multiple uses of the site to the
extent that they are compatible with the
primary goal of resource protection.
These plans are site-specific documents
used by all national marine sanctuaries
and the monuments for which ONMS
has management responsibilities. The
NMSA requires that ONMS develop and
periodically review the management
plans for each national marine
sanctuary (Sec. 304(a)(2)(A) and (e)).
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Since revision of a management plan
often constitutes a Federal action,
ONMS typically analyzes changes to the
management plan under NEPA. In many
cases, this analysis does not analyze indepth consequences of routine field
operations, such as vessel operations
and ongoing research programs. The
draft PEAs announced through this
notice are designed to analyze these
routine field operations not previously
adequately analyzed under the National
Environmental Policy Act during the
management plan review process.
Within the context of the ONMS
management plans, field operations are
an important component of
implementing many of the actions
necessary to support resource
protection, research and education
activities. The management plans also
contain information relevant to these
draft regional programmatic
environmental assessments (PEAs) such
as background about each sanctuary
environment and its resources.
II. NOAA’s Proposed Action
NOAA has prepared four draft PEAs
for the proposed continuation of field
operations described in management
plans for each site managed by the
Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.
There is a draft PEA for each of the
following regions: West Coast, Pacific
Islands, Northeast/Great Lakes, and
Southeast/Gulf of Mexico. The purpose
of the underlying field operations
analyzed in the draft PEAs is to support
resource protection, research and
education objectives as mandated by the
National Marine Sanctuaries Act and as
described in site-specific management
plans. Field operations in ONMSmanaged sites fall under 10 categories:
vessel operations; vessel maintenance;
aircraft operations; non-motorized craft
operations; SCUBA or snorkel
operations; onshore field work;
deployment of autonomous underwater
vehicles (AUVs)/remotely operated
vehicles (ROVs)/gliders/drifters;
deployment of remote sensing
equipment; deployment of equipment
on the seafloor; and other sampling
activities. The four regional draft PEAs
describe in detail the field operations
taking place at each site in the next five
years as well as their environmental
impacts on the physical, biological,
socioeconomic, maritime heritage and
cultural environment.
In these documents, NOAA analyzes
the potential effects of two alternatives
to implement the proposed action.
NOAA also intends to use these four
draft PEAs as the basis for compliance
under the Marine Mammal Protection
Act, Endangered Species Act,
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Magnuson-Stevens Act, National
Historic Preservation Act, and Coastal
Zone Management Act. NOAA intends
to finalize any necessary compliance
requirements for these statutes prior to
finalizing this action.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.
Thomas Culliton,
Acting Director, Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Notice of Availability of Draft Programmatic Environmental
Assessments for Field Operations at Thirteen National Marine
Sanctuaries and Two Marine National Monuments
AGENCY: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has
prepared four draft programmatic environmental assessments for the
proposed continuation of field operations for each region of sites
managed by the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. The field
operations support resource protection, research and education
objectives as mandated by the National Marine Sanctuaries Act and as
described in site-specific management plans. In each PEA, NOAA analyzes
the potential effects on the human environment of two alternatives to
implement field operations in the subject region. NOAA is soliciting
public comment on the four regional draft programmatic environmental
assessments.
DATES: Comments on these draft programmatic environmental assessments
will be considered if received by September 21, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on these documents, identified by
NOAA-NOS-2018-XXXX, by any of the following methods:
--Electronic Submission: Submit all electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NOS-2018-XXXX, click the ``Comment Now!'' icon,
complete the required fields, and enter or attach your comments.
--Mail: Helene Scalliet, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, 1305
East West Highway, R/ORM6, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Instructions: Comments sent by any other method, to any other
address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period,
may not be considered by NOAA. All comments received are a part of the
public record and will generally be posted for public viewing on
www.regulations.gov without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address), confidential business information,
or
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otherwise sensitive information submitted voluntarily by the sender
will be publicly accessible. NOAA will accept anonymous comments (enter
``N/A'' in the required fields if you wish to remain anonymous).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helene Scalliet, Policy and Planning
Division, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries at 240-533-0648 or via
email at [email protected]. Copies of the draft programmatic
environmental assessments can be downloaded or viewed on the internet
at www.regulations.gov (search for docket #NOAA-NOS-2018-XXXX). Copies
can also be obtained by contacting the person identified under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) serves as the
trustee for a network of underwater parks encompassing more than
600,000 square miles of marine and Great Lakes waters. The network
includes a system of 13 national marine sanctuaries and
Papah[amacr]naumoku[amacr]kea and Rose Atoll marine national monuments.
The National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA; 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) is
the statute governing the National Marine Sanctuary System. The NMSA
authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to designate as national marine
sanctuaries areas of the marine environment or Great Lakes with special
national significance due to their conservation, recreational,
ecological, historical, scientific, cultural, archeological,
educational or aesthetic qualities. The primary objective of the NMSA
is to protect sanctuary resources, which span diverse geographic and
administrative boundaries. Accordingly, ONMS subscribes to a broad and
comprehensive management approach to meet the NMSA's primary objective
of resource protection. Comprehensive sanctuary and monument
management, described in detail in each site's management plan, serves
as a framework for addressing long-term protection of a wide range of
living and non-living marine resources, while allowing multiple uses of
the site to the extent that they are compatible with the primary goal
of resource protection. These plans are site-specific documents used by
all national marine sanctuaries and the monuments for which ONMS has
management responsibilities. The NMSA requires that ONMS develop and
periodically review the management plans for each national marine
sanctuary (Sec. 304(a)(2)(A) and (e)). Since revision of a management
plan often constitutes a Federal action, ONMS typically analyzes
changes to the management plan under NEPA. In many cases, this analysis
does not analyze in-depth consequences of routine field operations,
such as vessel operations and ongoing research programs. The draft PEAs
announced through this notice are designed to analyze these routine
field operations not previously adequately analyzed under the National
Environmental Policy Act during the management plan review process.
Within the context of the ONMS management plans, field operations
are an important component of implementing many of the actions
necessary to support resource protection, research and education
activities. The management plans also contain information relevant to
these draft regional programmatic environmental assessments (PEAs) such
as background about each sanctuary environment and its resources.
II. NOAA's Proposed Action
NOAA has prepared four draft PEAs for the proposed continuation of
field operations described in management plans for each site managed by
the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. There is a draft PEA for
each of the following regions: West Coast, Pacific Islands, Northeast/
Great Lakes, and Southeast/Gulf of Mexico. The purpose of the
underlying field operations analyzed in the draft PEAs is to support
resource protection, research and education objectives as mandated by
the National Marine Sanctuaries Act and as described in site-specific
management plans. Field operations in ONMS-managed sites fall under 10
categories: vessel operations; vessel maintenance; aircraft operations;
non-motorized craft operations; SCUBA or snorkel operations; onshore
field work; deployment of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs)/
remotely operated vehicles (ROVs)/gliders/drifters; deployment of
remote sensing equipment; deployment of equipment on the seafloor; and
other sampling activities. The four regional draft PEAs describe in
detail the field operations taking place at each site in the next five
years as well as their environmental impacts on the physical,
biological, socioeconomic, maritime heritage and cultural environment.
In these documents, NOAA analyzes the potential effects of two
alternatives to implement the proposed action. NOAA also intends to use
these four draft PEAs as the basis for compliance under the Marine
Mammal Protection Act, Endangered Species Act, Magnuson-Stevens Act,
National Historic Preservation Act, and Coastal Zone Management Act.
NOAA intends to finalize any necessary compliance requirements for
these statutes prior to finalizing this action.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.
Thomas Culliton,
Acting Director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.
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