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Correction
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
In the Federal Register of March 16,
2020, in FR Doc. 2020–05311, on page
14884, in the second column, correct
the table within the ‘‘Final Results of
Review’’ section to list both SRF
Limited and SRF Limited of India.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Background
On March 16, 2020, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
final results of the 2017–2018
administrative review of the AD order
on polyethylene terephthalate film,
sheet, and strip from India.1 We
erroneously omitted SRF Limited from
the table where we listed SRF Limited
of India.2 With the publication of this
notice, we will assign both SRF Limited
and SRF Limited of India the weightedaverage dumping margin of 0.00
percent.3 See the updated ‘‘Final Results
of Review’’ section below.
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Pacific Islands Region Vessel
and Gear Identification Requirements
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
Final Results of Review
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
As a result of this review, we
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
determine the following weightedcomment preceding submission of the
average dumping margins exist for the
collection to OMB.
period July 1, 2017 through June 30,
DATES: To ensure consideration,
2018.
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
Weightedaverage
on or before February 20, 2024.
Manufacturer/exporter
margin
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
(percent)
invited to submit written comments to
Jindal Poly Films Ltd. (India)
4.45 Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please
SRF Limited/SRF Limited of
India ..................................
0.00 reference OMB Control Number 0648–
Ester Industries Limited ........
4.45 0360 in the subject line of your
Garware Polyester Ltd ..........
4.45 comments. Do not submit Confidential
Polyplex Corporation Ltd ......
4.45 Business Information or otherwise
Vacmet India Limited ............
4.45 sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
Notification to Interested Parties
specific questions related to collection
This notice is issued and published in activities should be directed to Walter
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
Ikehara, Fishery Information Specialist,
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
National Marine Fisheries Service
amended.
(NMFS), Pacific Islands Region, 1845
Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176, Honolulu, HI,
Dated: December 13, 2023.
96818, (808) 725–5175, walter.ikehara@
Abdelali Elouaradia,
noaa.gov.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
and Compliance.
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1 See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and
Strip from India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2017–2018, 85 FR 14883
(March 16, 2020).
2 Id.
3 SRF Limited of India and SRF Limited are the
same company. See Polyethylene Terephthalate
Film, Sheet, and Strip from India: Preliminary
Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2017–2018, 84 FR 48123
(September 12, 2019), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 6.
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SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) established the
Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council), to develop fishery
ecosystem plans (FEP) for fisheries in
the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
and high seas of the Pacific Islands
Region. These plans, when approved by
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the Secretary of Commerce, are
implemented in Federal regulations by
NMFS and enforced by NOAA’s Office
of Law Enforcement (OLE) and the U.S.
Coast Guard (USCG), in cooperation
with state and territorial agencies. The
FEPs and Federal regulations are
intended to prevent overfishing and to
ensure the long-term productivity and
social and economic benefit of the
resources.
Regulations at 50 CFR 665.16, 300.35,
and 300.217 require that all U.S. vessels
with Federal permits that fish for
western Pacific fishery management
unit species must display identification
markings on the vessel. Each Vessel
registered for use, with a permit issued
under Subparts B through E and
Subparts G through I of 50 CFR 665,
must have the vessel’s official number
displayed on both sides of the
deckhouse or hull, and on an
appropriate weather deck. Regulations
at 50 CFR 300.35 require that each
vessel fishing under the South Pacific
Tuna Treaty, must display its
international radio call sign on the hull,
the deck, and on the sides of auxiliary
equipment, such as skiffs and
helicopters. Vessels registered for use
with a permit issued under Subpart F of
50 CFR 665 and vessels fishing for
highly migratory species in the Western
and Central Pacific Fisheries
Commission (WCPFC) Convention Area
under Subpart O of 50 CFR 300, and in
international waters under Subpart R of
50 CFR 300, must comply with the
regulations at 50 CFR 300.217 and 50
CFR 300.336 requiring the display of the
vessel’s international radio call sign on
both sides of the deckhouse or hull, and
on an appropriate weather deck, unless
specifically exempted. In each case, the
vessel’s identifying numbers must be a
specific size and in specified locations.
The display of the identifying numbers
aids in fishery law enforcement.
The regulations at 50 CFR 665.128,
665.228, 665.428, 665.628, and 665.804
require that certain fishing gear must be
marked. In the pelagic longline
fisheries, the vessel operator must
ensure that the official number of the
vessel is affixed to every longline buoy
and float. In the coral reef ecosystem
fisheries, the vessel number must be
affixed to all fish and crab traps. The
marking of gear links fishing or other
activities to the vessel, aids law
enforcement, and helps in determining
damage to or loss of gear from the
vessel, as well as any civil proceedings.
II. Method of Collection
The vessel owner or crew paints the
identification markings on each vessel
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and associated equipment and gear.
NMFS collects no other information.
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
III. Data
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0360.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission,
extension of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
324.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.25
hours per purse seine vessel and 0.75
hours per other fishery vessel for vessel
ID marking. 0.083 hours per gear
marking.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,337.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $89,473.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 50 CFR 665, 50 CFR
300.
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IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this Information
Collection Request. 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 may ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) Observer Programs’
Information That Can Be Gathered
Only Through Questions
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on August 31,
2023 (88 FR 60184) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
Title: NMFS Observer Programs’
Information That Can Be Gathered Only
Through Questions.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0593.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Revision and extension of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 2,155.
Average Hours per Response:
Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
and At-Sea Monitors, 117 minutes;
North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut
Observer Program and Processing
Plants, 56 minutes; Alaska Marine
Mammal Observer Program, 15 minutes;
West Coast Groundfish Observer
Program, 31 minutes; Pacific Islands
Region Observer Program, 86 minutes;
Southeast Fishery Observer Program, 55
minutes; West Coast Region Observer
Program, 62 minutes. Information will
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be collected for observed fishing trips
and deployments to fish processing
plants; therefore, there will be multiple
responses for some respondents, but
counted as one response per trip or
plant visit.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 15,728.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for
revision and extension of an existing
information collection.
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) deploys fishery observers on
United States (U.S.) commercial fishing
vessels and to fish processing plants in
order to collect biological and economic
data. NMFS has at least one observer
program in each of its five Regions.
These observer programs provide the
most reliable and effective method for
obtaining information that is critical for
the conservation and management of
living marine resources. Observer
programs primarily obtain information
through direct observations by
employees or agents of NMFS; and such
observations are not subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
However, observer programs also collect
the following information that requires
clearance under the PRA: (1)
Standardized questions of fishing vessel
captains/crew or fish processing plant
managers/staff, which include gear and
performance questions, safety questions,
and trip costs, crew size and other
economic questions; (2) questions asked
by observer program staff/contractors to
plan observer deployments; (3) forms
that are completed by observers and that
fishing vessel captains are asked to
review and sign; (4) questionnaires to
evaluate observer performance; and (5)
a form to certify that a fisherman is the
permit holder when requesting observer
data from the observer on the vessel.
The information collected will be
used to: (1) Monitor catch and bycatch
in federally managed commercial
fisheries; (2) understand the population
status and trends of fish stocks and
protected species, as well as the
interactions between them; (3)
determine the quantity and distribution
of net benefits derived from living
marine resources; (4) predict the
biological, ecological, and economic
impacts of existing management action
and proposed management options; and
(5) ensure that the observer programs
can safely and efficiently collect the
information required for the previous
four uses. In particular, these biological
and economic data collection programs
contribute to legally mandated analyses
required under the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (MSA), the Endangered Species Act
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Pacific Islands Region Vessel and Gear Identification
Requirements
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on proposed and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment
preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before February 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648-0360 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Walter Ikehara, Fishery Information Specialist, National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS), Pacific Islands Region, 1845 Wasp Blvd.,
Bldg. 176, Honolulu, HI, 96818, (808) 725-5175,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a currently approved
information collection.
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) established the Western Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council), to develop fishery ecosystem plans (FEP)
for fisheries in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and high seas
of the Pacific Islands Region. These plans, when approved by the
Secretary of Commerce, are implemented in Federal regulations by NMFS
and enforced by NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) and the U.S.
Coast Guard (USCG), in cooperation with state and territorial agencies.
The FEPs and Federal regulations are intended to prevent overfishing
and to ensure the long-term productivity and social and economic
benefit of the resources.
Regulations at 50 CFR 665.16, 300.35, and 300.217 require that all
U.S. vessels with Federal permits that fish for western Pacific fishery
management unit species must display identification markings on the
vessel. Each Vessel registered for use, with a permit issued under
Subparts B through E and Subparts G through I of 50 CFR 665, must have
the vessel's official number displayed on both sides of the deckhouse
or hull, and on an appropriate weather deck. Regulations at 50 CFR
300.35 require that each vessel fishing under the South Pacific Tuna
Treaty, must display its international radio call sign on the hull, the
deck, and on the sides of auxiliary equipment, such as skiffs and
helicopters. Vessels registered for use with a permit issued under
Subpart F of 50 CFR 665 and vessels fishing for highly migratory
species in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
Convention Area under Subpart O of 50 CFR 300, and in international
waters under Subpart R of 50 CFR 300, must comply with the regulations
at 50 CFR 300.217 and 50 CFR 300.336 requiring the display of the
vessel's international radio call sign on both sides of the deckhouse
or hull, and on an appropriate weather deck, unless specifically
exempted. In each case, the vessel's identifying numbers must be a
specific size and in specified locations. The display of the
identifying numbers aids in fishery law enforcement.
The regulations at 50 CFR 665.128, 665.228, 665.428, 665.628, and
665.804 require that certain fishing gear must be marked. In the
pelagic longline fisheries, the vessel operator must ensure that the
official number of the vessel is affixed to every longline buoy and
float. In the coral reef ecosystem fisheries, the vessel number must be
affixed to all fish and crab traps. The marking of gear links fishing
or other activities to the vessel, aids law enforcement, and helps in
determining damage to or loss of gear from the vessel, as well as any
civil proceedings.
II. Method of Collection
The vessel owner or crew paints the identification markings on each
vessel
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and associated equipment and gear. NMFS collects no other information.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0360.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission, extension of a current
information collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations;
Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 324.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.25 hours per purse seine vessel and
0.75 hours per other fishery vessel for vessel ID marking. 0.083 hours
per gear marking.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,337.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $89,473.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 50 CFR 665, 50 CFR 300.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this Information Collection Request. 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 may 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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
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