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Certification Requirements
Any party submitting factual
information in an AD or CVD
proceeding must certify to the accuracy
and completeness of that information.60
Parties must use the certification
formats provided in 19 CFR
351.303(g).61 Commerce intends to
reject factual submissions if the
submitting party does not comply with
the applicable certification
requirements.
subject to these investigations is not
excluded when commingled with melamine
from sources not subject to these
investigations. Only the subject component
of such commingled products is covered by
the scope of these investigations.
The subject merchandise is provided for in
subheading 2933.61.0000 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading
and CAS registry number are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope is
dispositive.
Notification to Interested Parties
Interested parties must submit
applications for disclosure under
administrative protective order in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
Parties wishing to participate in these
investigations should ensure that they
meet the requirements of 19 CFR
351.103(d) (e.g., by filing the required
letter of appearance). Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its
requirements pertaining to the service of
documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).62
This notice is issued and published
pursuant to sections 732(c)(2) and 777(i)
of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.203(c).
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Dated: March 5, 2024
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive
functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Investigations
The merchandise subject to these
investigations is melamine (Chemical
Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number 108–
78–01, molecular formula C3 H6 N6).
Melamine is also known as 2,4,6-triamino-striazine; 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4,6-triamine;
Cyanurotriamide; Cyanurotriamine;
Cyanuramide; and by various brand names.
Melamine is a crystalline powder or granule.
All melamine is covered by the scope of
these investigations irrespective of purity,
particle size, or physical form. Melamine that
has been blended with other products is
included within this scope when such blends
include constituent parts that have been
intermingled, but that have not been
chemically reacted with each other to
produce a different product. For such blends,
only the melamine component of the mixture
is covered by the scope of these
investigations. Melamine that is otherwise
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60 See
section 782(b) of the Act.
Certification of Factual Information to
Import Administration During Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July
17, 2013) (Final Rule); see also frequently asked
questions regarding the Final Rule, available at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_
info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf.
62 See Administrative Protective Order, Service,
and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069
(September 29, 2023).
61 See
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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; Alaska American Fisheries
Act Reports
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 October 3,
2023 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Alaska American Fisheries Act
Reports.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0401.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection, revision).
Number of Respondents: 11.
Average Hours per Response: AFA
Cooperative Contract 8 hours; Bering
Sea Pollock Fishery Incentive Plan
Agreement 50 hours; Bering Sea Pollock
Fishery IPA Annual Report 80 hours;
IPA administrative appeals 4 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 358
hours.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine
Fisheries Services (NMFS), Alaska
Region, requests revision and extension
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of a currently approved information
collection for American Fisheries Act
reporting requirements.
NMFS Alaska Region manages the
groundfish fisheries of the Bering Sea
and Aleutian Islands Management Area
in the Exclusive Economic Zone off
Alaska. The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council)
prepared the Fishery Management Plan
for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Management Area
(FMP) under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, 16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and other applicable
laws. Regulations implementing the
FMP are at 50 CFR part 679.
The Bering Sea pollock fishery is
managed under the American Fisheries
Act (AFA). The purpose of the AFA was
to tighten U.S. ownership standards for
U.S. fishing vessels under the Antireflagging Act and to provide the Bering
Sea pollock fleet the opportunity to
conduct its fishery in a more rational
manner while protecting non-AFA
participants in the other fisheries. The
AFA established sector allocations in
the Bering Sea pollock fishery,
determined eligible vessels and
processors, allowed the formation of
cooperatives, set limits on the
participation of AFA vessels in other
fisheries, and imposed special catch
weighing and monitoring requirements
on AFA vessels.
This information collection contains
the annual and periodic reporting
requirements for AFA cooperatives.
These requirements include reports
about on-going fishing operations of the
cooperatives and reports focused on
efforts to minimize salmon bycatch in
the Bering Sea pollock fishery. These
reporting requirements are at 50 CFR
679.21 and 679.61.
This information is used to manage
the Bering Sea pollock fishery, to
evaluate the salmon bycatch
management measures, and to provide
the public with information about how
the program operates and information
about bycatch reduction under this
program. This information collection
provides the Council and NMFS with
information about the organization and
fishing operations of the AFA
cooperatives, allocations to the AFA
cooperatives, and the effectiveness of
the Chinook salmon and chum salmon
bycatch management measures. This
information is necessary to ensure longterm conservation and abundance of
salmon and pollock, maintain a healthy
marine ecosystem, and provide
maximum benefit to fishermen and
communities that depend on salmon
and pollock.
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The following changes have been
made to this information collection. The
AFA Annual Cooperative Report is
removed from this collection because it
was added to OMB Control Number
0648–0678 (Alaska Council Cooperative
Annual Reports) in 2019 and was
intended to be removed from OMB
Control Number 0648–0401. The
Incentive Plan Agreement (IPA) and the
IPA Annual Report are renamed the
Bering Sea Pollock Fishery Incentive
Plan Agreement (IPA) and the Bering
Sea Pollock Fishery IPA Annual Report,
respectively to clarify the fishery that
they are associated with.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Annually as needed.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits; Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act; American Fisheries Act. 16 U.S.C.
1801 et seq., and other applicable laws.
Regulations implementing the FMP are
at 50 CFR part 679.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0401.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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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.
AGENCY:
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Notice of issuance of Letter of
Authorization.
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), as amended, its implementing
regulations, and NMFS’ MMPA
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 Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell) for the take
of marine mammals incidental to
geophysical survey activity in the Gulf
of Mexico.
DATES: The LOA is effective from July 1,
2024 through June 30, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The LOA, LOA request, and
supporting documentation are available
online at: https://www.fisheries.
noaa.gov/action/incidental-takeauthorization-oil-and-gas-industrygeophysical-survey-activity-gulf-mexico.
In case of problems accessing these
documents, please call the contact listed
below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rachel Wachtendonk, Office of
Protected Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–
8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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.
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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
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 U.S. waters of the 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
Shell plans to conduct a fourdimensional (4D) ocean bottom node
(OBN) survey over the Ursa
Development, Mississippi Canyon Lease
Block 809, and the surrounding lease
blocks. (Note that a 4D survey here
refers to a 3D survey that is repeated
over time.) Shell plans to use a 32element, 5,110 cubic inch (in3) airgun
array. Approximate water depths of the
survey area range from 600 to 1800
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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; Alaska American Fisheries Act Reports
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 October 3, 2023 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Alaska American Fisheries Act Reports.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0401.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection, revision).
Number of Respondents: 11.
Average Hours per Response: AFA Cooperative Contract 8 hours;
Bering Sea Pollock Fishery Incentive Plan Agreement 50 hours; Bering
Sea Pollock Fishery IPA Annual Report 80 hours; IPA administrative
appeals 4 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 358 hours.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS),
Alaska Region, requests revision and extension of a currently approved
information collection for American Fisheries Act reporting
requirements.
NMFS Alaska Region manages the groundfish fisheries of the Bering
Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area in the Exclusive Economic Zone
off Alaska. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council)
prepared the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea
and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP) under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C.
1801 et seq., and other applicable laws. Regulations implementing the
FMP are at 50 CFR part 679.
The Bering Sea pollock fishery is managed under the American
Fisheries Act (AFA). The purpose of the AFA was to tighten U.S.
ownership standards for U.S. fishing vessels under the Anti-reflagging
Act and to provide the Bering Sea pollock fleet the opportunity to
conduct its fishery in a more rational manner while protecting non-AFA
participants in the other fisheries. The AFA established sector
allocations in the Bering Sea pollock fishery, determined eligible
vessels and processors, allowed the formation of cooperatives, set
limits on the participation of AFA vessels in other fisheries, and
imposed special catch weighing and monitoring requirements on AFA
vessels.
This information collection contains the annual and periodic
reporting requirements for AFA cooperatives. These requirements include
reports about on-going fishing operations of the cooperatives and
reports focused on efforts to minimize salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea
pollock fishery. These reporting requirements are at 50 CFR 679.21 and
679.61.
This information is used to manage the Bering Sea pollock fishery,
to evaluate the salmon bycatch management measures, and to provide the
public with information about how the program operates and information
about bycatch reduction under this program. This information collection
provides the Council and NMFS with information about the organization
and fishing operations of the AFA cooperatives, allocations to the AFA
cooperatives, and the effectiveness of the Chinook salmon and chum
salmon bycatch management measures. This information is necessary to
ensure long-term conservation and abundance of salmon and pollock,
maintain a healthy marine ecosystem, and provide maximum benefit to
fishermen and communities that depend on salmon and pollock.
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The following changes have been made to this information
collection. The AFA Annual Cooperative Report is removed from this
collection because it was added to OMB Control Number 0648-0678 (Alaska
Council Cooperative Annual Reports) in 2019 and was intended to be
removed from OMB Control Number 0648-0401. The Incentive Plan Agreement
(IPA) and the IPA Annual Report are renamed the Bering Sea Pollock
Fishery Incentive Plan Agreement (IPA) and the Bering Sea Pollock
Fishery IPA Annual Report, respectively to clarify the fishery that
they are associated with.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annually as needed.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits;
Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act; American Fisheries Act. 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and
other applicable laws. Regulations implementing the FMP are at 50 CFR
part 679.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0648-0401.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
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