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description of the scope of the Order,
see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Merchandise Subject to the Covered
Merchandise Inquiry
The products subject to this inquiry
are rough and unfinished fittings
originating in China and processed into
butt-weld pipe fittings through two
production scenarios in Vietnam. The
two production scenarios are:
• Scenario 1: Chinese-origin
unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings
undergo the final stage (i.e., finishing
processes) of three production stages in
Vietnam;
• Scenario 2: Chinese-origin rough
butt-weld pipe fittings undergo the
second and third stages of production in
Vietnam.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this covered
merchandise inquiry in accordance with
section 517 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.227.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying Commerce’s
preliminary results, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
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Preliminary Findings
We preliminarily determine, pursuant
to 19 CFR 351.227(f), that rough buttweld pipe fittings from China that are
processed in Vietnam into finished buttweld pipe fittings in the final two stages
of production are not subject to the
scope of the Order. Additionally, we
preliminarily find that unfinished buttweld pipe fittings from China that are
processed in Vietnam into finished buttweld pipe fittings are subject to the
scope of the Order. For a full
description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Suspension of Liquidation
As stated above, Commerce has made
a preliminary affirmative finding that
unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings
originating from China and finished in
Vietnam are subject to the scope of the
Order. This affirmative in-scope finding
applies on a country-wide basis,
regardless of the producer, exporter, or
importer, to all products from the same
country with the same relevant physical
characteristics as the products at issue.
Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.227(l)(2), Commerce will direct CBP
to: (1) continue the suspension of
liquidation of previously suspended
entries and apply the applicable AD
cash deposit rate; (2) begin the
suspension of liquidation and require a
cash deposit of estimated antidumping
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duties, at the applicable rate, for each
unliquidated entry of the product not
yet suspended, entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after September 26, 2022, the date of
publication of the notice of initiation of
this covered merchandise inquiry in the
Federal Register; and (3) begin the
suspension of liquidation and require a
cash deposit of estimated duties, at the
applicable rate, for each unliquidated
entry of the product not yet suspended,
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption prior to September 26,
2022.3
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments
may be submitted to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.227(d)(3), interested parties may
submit case briefs no later than five
days after the date of publication of this
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues
raised in the case briefs, may be filed
not later than three days after the date
of filing for case briefs.4 Parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in
this proceeding are requested to submit
with each argument: (1) a statement of
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.5
Executive summaries should be limited
to five pages total, including footnotes.6
All submissions, with limited
exceptions, must be filed electronically
using ACCESS.7 Comments must be
received successfully in their entirety by
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
the due date. Note that Commerce has
temporarily modified certain of its
requirements for serving documents
containing business proprietary
information, until further notice.8 Each
submission must be placed on the
record of the segment of the proceeding
for the AD order (A–570–814), ACCESS
Covered Merchandise Inquiry segment
‘‘CBP EAPA Inv. 7335.’’
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing, limited to issues raised in the
case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a
written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, filed electronically and
received successfully in its entirety via
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
3 See
Initiation Notice.
19 CFR 351.227(d)(3); see also Temporary
Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due
to COVID–19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR
41363 (July 10, 2020) (Temporary Rule).
5 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
6 Id.
7 See 19 CFR 351.303.
8 See Temporary Rule.
4 See
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within 10 days after the date of
publication of this notice.9 Hearing
requests should contain: (1) the party’s
name, address, and telephone number;
(2) the number of participants; (3)
whether any participant is a foreign
national; and (4) a list of the issues to
be discussed. If a request for a hearing
is made, Commerce intends to hold the
hearing at a time and date to be
determined. Parties should confirm by
telephone the date, time, and location of
the hearing two days before the
scheduled date.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published
pursuant to section 517 of the Act and
19 CFR 351.227(e)(1).
Dated: June 16, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Description of Merchandise Subject to
This Inquiry
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
VII. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s Highly Migratory
Species Committee will hold a public
meeting.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, July 11, 2023, from 9 a.m. to
12 p.m. For agenda details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar. Webinar connection,
agenda items, and any additional
DATES:
9 Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19
CFR 351.310(c) to alter the time limit for requesting
a hearing.
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information will be available at
www.mafmc.org/council-events.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331;
www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council’s
Highly Migratory Species (HMS)
Committee will meet to review and
provide comments on the NOAA
Atlantic HMS recent and ongoing
management initiative. The primary
management initiatives include: (1) the
proposed rule for Amendment 15
(spatial management and electronic
monitoring), (2) an Advance Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking for electronic
HMS reporting requirements, and (3)
scoping for Amendment 16 (shark
management issues).
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Shelley Spedden at the Council Office,
(302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 20, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
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Taking and Importing Marine
Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals
Incidental to Geophysical Surveys
Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the
Gulf of Mexico
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of Letter of
Authorization.
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AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), as amended, its implementing
regulations, and NMFS’ MMPA
SUMMARY:
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Regulations for Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Geophysical
Surveys Related to Oil and Gas
Activities in the Gulf of Mexico,
notification is hereby given that a Letter
of Authorization (LOA) has been issued
to Murphy Exploration and Production
Company (Murphy) for the take of
marine mammals incidental to
geophysical survey activity in the Gulf
of Mexico.
DATES: The LOA is effective from July
14, 2023, through September 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: The LOA, LOA request, and
supporting documentation are available
online at: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/
action/incidental-take-authorization-oiland-gas-industry-geophysical-surveyactivity-gulf-mexico. In case of problems
accessing these documents, please call
the contact listed below (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jenna Harlacher, 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 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.
Except with respect to certain
activities not pertinent here, the MMPA
defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: any act of
pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i)
has the potential to injure a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has
the potential to disturb a marine
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mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild by causing disruption of behavioral
patterns, including, but not limited to,
migration, breathing, nursing, breeding,
feeding, or sheltering (Level B
harassment).
On January 19, 2021, we issued a final
rule with regulations to govern the
unintentional taking of marine
mammals incidental to geophysical
survey activities conducted by oil and
gas industry operators, and those
persons authorized to conduct activities
on their behalf (collectively ‘‘industry
operators’’), in Federal waters of the
U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) over the
course of 5 years (86 FR 5322, January
19, 2021). The rule was based on our
findings that the total taking from the
specified activities over the 5-year
period will have a negligible impact on
the affected species or stock(s) of marine
mammals and will not have an
unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of those species or stocks for
subsistence uses. The rule became
effective on April 19, 2021.
Our regulations at 50 CFR 217.180 et
seq. allow for the issuance of LOAs to
industry operators for the incidental
take of marine mammals during
geophysical survey activities and
prescribe the permissible methods of
taking and other means of effecting the
least practicable adverse impact on
marine mammal species or stocks and
their habitat (often referred to as
mitigation), as well as requirements
pertaining to the monitoring and
reporting of such taking. Under 50 CFR
217.186(e), issuance of an LOA shall be
based on a determination that the level
of taking will be consistent with the
findings made for the total taking
allowable under these regulations and a
determination that the amount of take
authorized under the LOA is of no more
than small numbers.
Summary of Request and Analysis
Murphy plans to conduct a zero offset
vertical seismic profile (VSP) survey
within Walker Ridge Block 425 in
approximately 2,700 m water depth.
Murphy plans to use a 6-element, 1,350
in3 airgun array. Please see Murphy’s
application for additional detail.
Consistent with the preamble to the
final rule, the survey effort proposed by
Murphy in its LOA request was used to
develop LOA-specific take estimates
based on the acoustic exposure
modeling results described in the
preamble (86 FR 5322, January 19,
2021). In order to generate the
appropriate take number for
authorization, the following information
was considered: (1) survey type; (2)
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XD101]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Highly Migratory
Species Committee will hold a public meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, from 9 a.m.
to 12 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Webinar connection,
agenda items, and any additional
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information will be available at www.mafmc.org/council-events.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N.
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331;
www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302)
526-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council's Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Committee will meet to review
and provide comments on the NOAA Atlantic HMS recent and ongoing
management initiative. The primary management initiatives include: (1)
the proposed rule for Amendment 15 (spatial management and electronic
monitoring), (2) an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for
electronic HMS reporting requirements, and (3) scoping for Amendment 16
(shark management issues).
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Shelley Spedden at the Council Office, (302) 526-
5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 20, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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