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(202) 482–1785 or (202) 482–3878,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 6, 2024, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
Final Results of the administrative
review of nails from Malaysia.1 We
omitted from Appendix II of that notice,
entitled ‘‘List of Non-Selected
Respondents,’’ the name of one nonselected respondent, RM Wire
Industries Sdn., Bhd.
Correction
In the Federal Register of February 6,
2024, in FR Doc 2024–02294, on page
8165, in the first column, correct
Appendix II by adding ‘‘RM Wire
Industries Sdn., Bhd.’’ to the
alphabetical list of non-selected
respondents, after ‘‘Oman Fasteners
LLC.’’ and before ‘‘Soon Shing Building
Materials Sdn., Bhd.’’
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with section(s) 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, and 19 CFR 351.221.
Dated: March 20, 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–165, C–552–840]
Certain Paper Plates From the People’s
Republic of China and the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Postponement of
Preliminary Determinations in the
Countervailing Duty Investigations
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable March 26, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Kolberg (the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam (Vietnam)) and Eliza DeLong
(the People’s Republic of China
(China)), AD/CVD Operations, Offices I
and V, respectively, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1
AGENCY:
1 See Certain Steel Nails from Malaysia: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2021–2022, 89 FR 8163 (February 6, 2024)
(Final Results).
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 14, 2024, the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated countervailing duty (CVD)
investigations of imports of certain
paper plates (paper plates) from China
and Vietnam.1 Currently, the
preliminary determinations are due no
later than April 19, 2024.
Postponement of Preliminary
Determinations
Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), requires
Commerce to issue the preliminary
determination in a CVD investigation
within 65 days after the date on which
Commerce initiated the investigation.
However, section 703(c)(1) of the Act
permits Commerce to postpone the
preliminary determination until no later
than 130 days after the date on which
Commerce initiated the investigation if:
(A) the petitioner makes a timely
request for a postponement; or (B)
Commerce concludes that the parties
concerned are cooperating, that the
investigation is extraordinarily
complicated, and that additional time is
necessary to make a preliminary
determination. Under 19 CFR
351.205(e), the petitioner must submit a
request for postponement 25 days or
more before the scheduled date of the
preliminary determination and must
state the reasons for the request.
Commerce will grant the request unless
it finds compelling reasons to deny the
request.
On March 15, 2024, the petitioner 2
submitted a timely request that
Commerce postpone the preliminary
CVD determinations.3 The petitioner
requested postponement because
Commerce needs additional time to
examine the number and nature of the
subsidy programs under investigation,
and the normal 65-day deadline for the
preliminary determinations is not
sufficient time for Commerce to
adequately examine the amount of
subsidies.4
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.205(e), the petitioner has stated the
1 See Certain Paper Plates from the People’s
Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam: Initiation of Countervailing Duty
Investigations, 89 FR 13043 (February 21, 2024)
(Initiation Notice).
2 The petitioner is the American Paper Plate
Coalition.
3 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petitioner’s Request to
Postpone the Deadline for the Preliminary
Determinations,’’ dated March 15, 2024 at 2.
4 Id.
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reasons for requesting a postponement
of the preliminary determinations, and
Commerce finds no compelling reason
to deny the request. Therefore, in
accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of
the Act, Commerce is postponing the
deadline for the preliminary
determinations to no later than 130 days
after the date on which these
investigations were initiated, i.e., June
24, 2024.5 Pursuant to section 705(a)(1)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the
deadline for the final determinations of
these investigations will continue to be
75 days after the date of the preliminary
determinations.
This notice is issued and published
pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: March 20, 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XD781]
Whaling Provisions; Aboriginal
Subsistence Whaling Quotas
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; notification of quota for
bowhead whales.
AGENCY:
NMFS notifies the public of
the aboriginal subsistence whaling
quota for bowhead whales assigned to
the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission
(AEWC), and of limitations on the use
of the quota deriving from regulations of
the International Whaling Commission
(IWC). For 2024, the AEWC quota is 93
bowhead whales struck. This quota and
other applicable limitations govern the
harvest of bowhead whales by whaling
captains of the AEWC.
DATES: Applicable March 26, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Office of International
Affairs, Trade, and Commerce, National
SUMMARY:
5 Postponing the preliminary determination to
130 days after initiation would place the deadline
on Sunday, June 23, 2024. Commerce’s practice
dictates that where a deadline falls on a weekend
or federal holiday, the appropriate deadline is the
next business day, in this case Monday, June 24,
2024. See Notice of Clarification: Application of
‘‘Next Business Day’’ Rule for Administrative
Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act
of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mi
Ae Kim, (301) 427–8365.
Aboriginal
subsistence whaling in the United States
is governed by the Whaling Convention
Act (WCA) (16 U.S.C. 916 et seq.).
Under the WCA, IWC regulations shall
become effective with respect to all
persons and vessels subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States within
90 days of notification from the IWC
Secretariat of an amendment to the IWC
Schedule (16 U.S.C. 916k). Regulations
that implement the WCA, found at 50
CFR part 230, require the Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries to publish,
at least annually, aboriginal subsistence
whaling quotas and any other
limitations on aboriginal subsistence
whaling deriving from regulations of the
IWC.
At the 67th meeting of the IWC in
2018, the Commission set catch limits
for aboriginal subsistence use of
bowhead whales from the BeringChukchi-Beaufort Seas stock for the
years 2019–2025. The bowhead and
other aboriginal subsistence whaling
catch limits were based on a joint
request by Denmark on behalf of
Greenland, the Russian Federation, St.
Vincent and the Grenadines, and the
United States, accompanied by
documentation concerning the needs of
the Native groups.
The IWC set a 7-year block catch limit
of 392 bowhead whales landed. For
each of the years 2019 through 2025, the
number of bowhead whales struck may
not exceed 67, with unused strikes from
the three prior quota blocks carried
forward and added to the annual strike
quota of subsequent years, provided that
no more than 50 percent of the annual
strike limit is added to the strike quota
for any one year. For the 2024 harvest,
there are 33 strikes available for carryforward, so the combined strike quota
set by the IWC for 2024 is 100 (67 + 33).
Recognizing that Alaska and Russian
Natives hunt the bowhead whale, the
United States and Russia have an
understanding that the two countries
share the bowhead whale quota. NOAA
has assigned 93 strikes to the AEWC
through its cooperative agreement with
the AEWC, accounting for bowhead
whales that may be hunted by Russian
Natives. The AEWC will in turn allocate
these strikes among the 11 villages
whose cultural and subsistence needs
have been documented, and will ensure
that AEWC whaling captains use no
more than 93 strikes.
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At its 67th Meeting, the IWC also
provided for an automatic extension of
aboriginal subsistence whaling catch
limits under certain circumstances.
Commencing in 2026, bowhead whale
catch limits shall be extended every 6
years provided: (a) the IWC Scientific
Committee advises in 2024, and every 6
years thereafter, that such limits will not
harm the stock; (b) the Commission does
not receive a request from the United
States or the Russian Federation for a
change in the bowhead whale catch
limits based on need; and (c) the
Commission determines that the United
States and the Russian Federation have
complied with the IWC’s approved
timeline and that the information
provided represents a status quo
continuation of the hunts.
Other Limitations
The IWC regulations, as well as the
NOAA regulation at 50 CFR 230.4(c),
forbid the taking of calves or any whale
accompanied by a calf.
NOAA regulations (at 50 CFR 230.4)
also contain other prohibitions relating
to aboriginal subsistence whaling, some
of which are summarized here:
• No person, other than licensed
whaling captains or crew under the
control of those captains, shall engage in
aboriginal subsistence whaling.
• No AEWC whaling captain shall
engage in whaling that is not in
accordance with the regulations of the
IWC, NOAA, and the cooperative
agreement between NOAA and the
AEWC.
• No whaling captain shall engage in
whaling without an adequate crew or
without adequate supplies and
equipment.
• No person may receive money for
participating in the hunt.
• No person may sell or offer for sale
whale products from whales taken in
the hunt, except for authentic articles of
Native handicrafts.
• Captains cannot continue to whale
after the relevant quota is reached, after
the season has been closed, or if their
licenses have been suspended.
• No captain shall engage in whaling
in a wasteful manner.
Dated: March 20, 2024.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs,
Trade, and Commerce, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XD615]
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.
AGENCY:
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 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 April
1, 2024 through October 31, 2024.
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).
SUMMARY:
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
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XD781]
Whaling Provisions; Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quotas
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; notification of quota for bowhead whales.
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SUMMARY: NMFS notifies the public of the aboriginal subsistence whaling
quota for bowhead whales assigned to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling
Commission (AEWC), and of limitations on the use of the quota deriving
from regulations of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). For
2024, the AEWC quota is 93 bowhead whales struck. This quota and other
applicable limitations govern the harvest of bowhead whales by whaling
captains of the AEWC.
DATES: Applicable March 26, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce,
National
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Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mi Ae Kim, (301) 427-8365.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Aboriginal subsistence whaling in the United
States is governed by the Whaling Convention Act (WCA) (16 U.S.C. 916
et seq.). Under the WCA, IWC regulations shall become effective with
respect to all persons and vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States within 90 days of notification from the IWC Secretariat
of an amendment to the IWC Schedule (16 U.S.C. 916k). Regulations that
implement the WCA, found at 50 CFR part 230, require the Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries to publish, at least annually, aboriginal
subsistence whaling quotas and any other limitations on aboriginal
subsistence whaling deriving from regulations of the IWC.
At the 67th meeting of the IWC in 2018, the Commission set catch
limits for aboriginal subsistence use of bowhead whales from the
Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas stock for the years 2019-2025. The bowhead
and other aboriginal subsistence whaling catch limits were based on a
joint request by Denmark on behalf of Greenland, the Russian
Federation, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United States,
accompanied by documentation concerning the needs of the Native groups.
The IWC set a 7-year block catch limit of 392 bowhead whales
landed. For each of the years 2019 through 2025, the number of bowhead
whales struck may not exceed 67, with unused strikes from the three
prior quota blocks carried forward and added to the annual strike quota
of subsequent years, provided that no more than 50 percent of the
annual strike limit is added to the strike quota for any one year. For
the 2024 harvest, there are 33 strikes available for carry-forward, so
the combined strike quota set by the IWC for 2024 is 100 (67 + 33).
Recognizing that Alaska and Russian Natives hunt the bowhead whale,
the United States and Russia have an understanding that the two
countries share the bowhead whale quota. NOAA has assigned 93 strikes
to the AEWC through its cooperative agreement with the AEWC, accounting
for bowhead whales that may be hunted by Russian Natives. The AEWC will
in turn allocate these strikes among the 11 villages whose cultural and
subsistence needs have been documented, and will ensure that AEWC
whaling captains use no more than 93 strikes.
At its 67th Meeting, the IWC also provided for an automatic
extension of aboriginal subsistence whaling catch limits under certain
circumstances. Commencing in 2026, bowhead whale catch limits shall be
extended every 6 years provided: (a) the IWC Scientific Committee
advises in 2024, and every 6 years thereafter, that such limits will
not harm the stock; (b) the Commission does not receive a request from
the United States or the Russian Federation for a change in the bowhead
whale catch limits based on need; and (c) the Commission determines
that the United States and the Russian Federation have complied with
the IWC's approved timeline and that the information provided
represents a status quo continuation of the hunts.
Other Limitations
The IWC regulations, as well as the NOAA regulation at 50 CFR
230.4(c), forbid the taking of calves or any whale accompanied by a
calf.
NOAA regulations (at 50 CFR 230.4) also contain other prohibitions
relating to aboriginal subsistence whaling, some of which are
summarized here:
No person, other than licensed whaling captains or crew
under the control of those captains, shall engage in aboriginal
subsistence whaling.
No AEWC whaling captain shall engage in whaling that is
not in accordance with the regulations of the IWC, NOAA, and the
cooperative agreement between NOAA and the AEWC.
No whaling captain shall engage in whaling without an
adequate crew or without adequate supplies and equipment.
No person may receive money for participating in the hunt.
No person may sell or offer for sale whale products from
whales taken in the hunt, except for authentic articles of Native
handicrafts.
Captains cannot continue to whale after the relevant quota
is reached, after the season has been closed, or if their licenses have
been suspended.
No captain shall engage in whaling in a wasteful manner.
Dated: March 20, 2024.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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