Department of Commerce August 4, 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a public hearing to obtain input on the Comprehensive Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) Control Rule Amendment, which affects the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Dolphin Wahoo Fishery of the Atlantic (Dolphin Wahoo FMP), the FMP for the Golden Crab Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Golden Crab FMP), and the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region.

In response to requests from Atlas Tube Inc., Bull Moose Tube Company, Maruichi American Corporation, Nucor Tubular Products Inc., Searing Industries, Vest Inc., Wheatland Tube Company, and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (collectively, the domestic interested parties), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating country-wide circumvention inquiries to determine whether imports of circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from the People's Republic of China (China) (CWP China), certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from the Republic of Korea (Korea) (CWP Korea), certain welded carbon steel standard pipes and tubes from India (pipe and tube India), certain circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan (pipe and tube Taiwan), certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Taiwan (CWP Taiwan), light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from China (LWRPT China), light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Korea (LWRPT Korea), and light-walled welded rectangular carbon steel tubing (LWR tubing Taiwan), which are completed in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) from hot-rolled steel (HRS) produced in China, Korea, India, or Taiwan are circumventing the respective antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on CWP China, CWP Korea, pipe and tube India, pipe and tube Taiwan, CWP Taiwan, LWRPT China, LWRPT Korea, and LWR tubing Taiwan.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain steel nails (steel nails) from Thailand are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.

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.

Notice is hereby given that NMFS has made a final determination on the Hoopa Valley Tribe's Tribal Resource Management Plan (TRMP). The determination is pursuant to the limitation on take prohibitions for actions conducted under Tribal Resource Management Plans promulgated under the 4(d) Rule of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) (Tribal 4(d) Rule). The TRMP specifies harvest, research, and monitoring activities for tribal fisheries affecting ESA-listed Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Coho Salmon in the portion of the Trinity River within the Hoopa Valley Reservation. As required by the Tribal 4(d) Rule, NMFS sought public comment on its pending determination prior to making a final determination.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain steel nails (steel nails) from Sri Lanka are not being, or are not likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Ad Hoc Ecosystem Workgroup (EWG) will hold an online meeting.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) were sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review of July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021.

As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on stainless steel plate in coils (SSPC) from Belgium, South Africa, and Taiwan, and the countervailing duty (CVD) order on SSPC from South Africa would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping, net countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of the AD orders and the CVD order.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain lemon juice (lemon juice) from Brazil is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.