19748 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 68 / Friday, April 8, 2011 / Notices 

of all issues raised in these reviews and 

the corresponding recommendations in 

this public memorandum which is on 

file in the Central Records Unit, room 

7046 of the main Department of 

Commerce building. 

In addition, a complete version of the 

Issues and Decision Memo can be 

accessed directly on the Web at http:// 

ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper copy and 

electronic version of the Issues and 

Decision Memo are identical in content. 

Final Results of Reviews 

The Department determines that 

revocation of the antidumping duty 

orders on solid urea from Russia and 

Ukraine would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of dumping 

at the following weighted-average 

percentage margins: 

Company 

Weightedaverage 

margin 

(percent) 

Soyuzpromexport .................. (SPE) 68.26 

Phillipp Brothers, Ltd., and 

Phillipp Brothers, Inc. 

(Phibro) ............................. 53.23 

All Others .............................. 64.93 

Notification Regarding APO 

This notice serves as a reminder to 

parties subject to administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely written 

notification of the destruction of APO 

materials or conversion to judicial 

protective order is hereby requested. 

Failure to comply with the regulations 

and terms of an APO is a violation 

which is subject to sanction. 

The Department is issuing and 

publishing the final results and notice 

in accordance with sections 751(c), 

752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: March 31, 2011. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8446 Filed 4–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA312 

Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative 

Management Act Provisions; General 

Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; 

Application for Exempted Fishing 

Permits 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Regional 

Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, 

Northeast Region, NMFS (Assistant 

Regional Administrator), has made a 

preliminary determination that an 

Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) 

application contains all of the required 

information and warrants further 

consideration. This EFP application 

would exempt commercial fishing 

vessels from the following Federal 

American lobster regulations: (1) Gear 

specifications (including escape vents, 

ghost panel and maximum trap size; (2) 

trap limits; and (3) trap tags to allow 11 

Federally permitted vessels to utilize a 

combined total of 35 modified lobster 

traps to catch juvenile lobsters, (30–50 

mm carapace length), throughout lobster 

management area 3 (Area 3), in an 

attempt to understand patterns of larval 

dispersal and settlement. This proposed 

project would be conducted by the 

Atlantic Offshore Lobster Association 

(AOLA) in conjunction with scientists 

and the fishing industry. 

Regulations under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act require publication of 

this notification to provide interested 

parties the opportunity to comment on 

applications for proposed EFPs. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 25, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice 

may be submitted by e-mail. The 

mailbox address for providing e-mail 

comments is NERO.EFP@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line ‘‘Comments 

on AOLA Lobster EFP.’’ Written 

comments should be sent to Patricia A. 

Kurkul, Regional Administrator, NMFS, 

NE Regional Office, 55 Great Republic 

Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the 

outside of the envelope ‘‘Comments on 

AOLA Lobster EFP.’’ 

• Fax: (978) 281–9135. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol She ́, Fishery Policy Analyst, 978– 

282–8464, Carol.She@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AOLA 

submitted a complete application for an 

EFP on March 11, 2011, to conduct 

commercial fishing activities that the 

regulations would otherwise restrict. 

This EFP application would exempt 

commercial fishing vessels from the 

following Federal regulations: gear 

specifications (including escape vents, 

ghost panel and maximum trap size) 

specified under 50 CFR 697.21(c)(4), 

697.21(d) and 697.21(e)(2)(ii); trap 

limits specified under § 697.19(b)(5); 

and trap tags specified under § 697.19(f). 

The EFP would authorize 11 Federally 

permitted vessels to be exempted from 

parts of the Federal lobster regulations 

to allow the participating vessels to fish 

modified lobster traps, exceed trap 

limits, and deploy the modified traps 

without trap tags in an attempt to 

formalize the anecdotal presence of 

young lobsters. Some lobster scientists 

believe that larvae will only survive in 

the inshore fishery due to the depths 

and available light, and that there are no 

small lobsters offshore; however, data 

resulting from this project are intended 

to determine whether there are new 

lobster nursery grounds offshore. 

This project, including the lobster 

handling protocols, was initially 

developed in consultation with 

University of New Hampshire scientists. 

To the greatest extent practicable, these 

handling protocols are designed to 

avoid unnecessary adverse 

environmental impact on lobsters 

involved in this project, while achieving 

the data collection objectives of this 

project. AOLA will work in conjunction 

with scientists and the fishing industry 

to build and test various trap 

modifications to determine the optimal 

design for use in offshore waters. The 

modified gear may exceed the Federal 

maximum trap size restrictions, include 

smaller wire mesh sizes, modified 

entrance heads/rings, closed or 

modified escape vents, and cobble 

acting as shelter material. The 

deployment of the experimental traps 

throughout lobster management area 3 

(Area 3) statistical areas 464, 522, 561, 

562, 525, 526, 533, 537, 613, 616, and 

622, would begin in April 2011 and 

extend through August 2012. AOLA 

would submit progress reports in 

December 2011 and September 2012, 

since the project would exceed 1 year. 

Participating vessels would include 

between one and three experimental 

lobster traps as part of a commercial 

lobster trap trawl deployed under 

routine industry conditions. Modified 

traps would remain in the water for up 

to 6 consecutive months (182 days), 

being hauled approximately weekly 


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following the normal fishing schedule of 

the participating vessels. The gear 

would be compliant with the Atlantic 

Large Whale Take Reduction Plan; 

therefore, impacts to protected resources 

would be negligible. Subsequently, 

AOLA will provide data necessary to 

assist in better future management of the 

lobster fishery. 

The activities occurring in Area 3 

statistical areas are not anticipated to 

have any more environmental impacts 

than those already occurring as part of 

a commercial lobster trap trawl 

deployed under usual industry 

conditions. Impacts to the lobster 

resource would be negligible. Given the 

small mesh and entrance heads, the 

modified gear is not expected to catch 

legal lobsters. Any sublegal lobsters 

caught would briefly be retained 

onboard only for the purposes of 

recording their size, sex, and presence 

of shell disease, before being promptly 

released back into the ocean. There 

should be minimal impact to bycatch 

species due to the use of small mesh 

and small entrance heads and, in 

addition, all bycatch species hauled 

from modified gear would be returned 

promptly to the ocean. Likewise, there 

would not be significant impacts on 

benthic habitats. As the gear would be 

compliant with the Atlantic Large 

Whale Take Reduction Plan and would 

be deployed under usual industry 

conditions, impacts to protected 

resources would be negligible. 

If approved, the applicant may 

request minor modifications and 

extensions to the EFP throughout the 

year. EFP modifications and extensions 

may be granted without further notice if 

they are deemed essential to facilitate 

completion of the proposed research 

and have minimal impacts that do not 

change the scope or impact of the 

initially approved EFP request. Any 

fishing activity conducted outside the 

scope of the exempted fishing activity 

would be prohibited. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: April 4, 2011. 

Margo Schulze-Haugen, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA290 

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; 

General Provisions for Domestic 

Fisheries; Extension of Exempted 

Fishing Permits 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Regional 

Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, 

Northeast Region, NMFS (Assistant 

Regional Administrator), has made a 

preliminary determination that two 

requests for extensions to exempted 

fishing permits (EFPs) contain all of the 

required information and warrant 

further consideration. The Assistant 

Regional Administrator previously 

made a determination that the activities 

authorized under the initial EFPs, 

issued on June 17, 2010, are consistent 

with the goals and objectives of the 

Monkfish Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP). However, further review and 

consultation may be necessary before a 

final determination is made to grant 

extensions to the original EFPs. The EFP 

extensions would enable vessels to 

harvest monkfish granted through the 

Monkfish Research Set-Aside (RSA) 

Program, and grants exemptions from 

the monkfish days-at-sea (DAS) 

possession limit in the Southern Fishery 

Management Area (SFMA). The EFP 

issued to the gillnet tie-down study also 

exempts vessels from the monkfish 

minimum fish size limits for research 

purposes only. 

NMFS is soliciting comment from 

interested parties on these EFP 

extension requests. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 25, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• E-mail: nero.efp@noaa.gov. Include 

in the subject line ‘‘Comments on GMRI 

Monkfish RSA EFP Extensions.’’ 

• Mail: Patricia A. Kurkul, Regional 

Administrator, NMFS, NE Regional 

Office, 55 Great Republic Drive, 

Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the outside 

of the envelope ‘‘Comments on GMRI 

Monkfish RSA EFP Extensions.’’ 

• Fax: (978) 281–9135. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason Berthiaume, Fishery Management 

Specialist, 978–281–9177. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 22, 2011, the Gulf of Maine 

Research Institute (GMRI) requested an 

extension to EFPs issued to GMRI in 

support of two projects funded under 

the 2010 Monkfish RSA Program. The 

EFPs authorize vessels to conduct 

compensation fishing in the SFMA 

using 2010 monkfish RSA DAS and to 

temporarily retain undersize monkfish 

for data collection purposes. The 

applicant requests an extension because 

the participating vessels were unable to 

use all of their allocated RSA DAS 

awarded to GMRI for the 2010 fishing 

year (FY). GMRI states the vessels were 

unable to use all of their RSA DAS 

because the EFPs were not issued until 

June 17, 2010, and the fishermen 

thereby missed the peak of the spring 

fishing season. Additionally, the fall 

monkfish fishery was less productive 

than expected because of skate bycatch 

issues. As a result, fishermen used fewer 

2010 monkfish RSA DAS than expected. 

In addition to compensation fishing, 

research would be ongoing and, 

therefore, the previously authorized 

exemption from monkfish minimum 

size limits for the gillnet tie-down 

project would be extended as well. The 

scope and scale of the original 

exemptions will not change. Regulations 

at 50 CFR 648.92(c)(i)(v) allow unused 

monkfish RSA DAS to carry-over into 

the following FY. 

The tagging project was awarded 313 

monkfish DAS under the 2010 Monkfish 

RSA Program, with a total landings cap 

of 1,126,800 lb (511,108 kg) of whole 

monkfish. Compensation fishing would 

be extended through the 2011 FY until 

the cumulative monkfish RSA landings 

for this project in FYs 2010 and 2011 

reach 1,126,800 lb (511,108 kg) of whole 

monkfish (equivalent), or until the 

awarded 2010 DAS have been fully 

utilized, whichever occurs first. The tiedown project was awarded 162 

monkfish DAS under the 2010 Monkfish 

RSA Program, with a total landings cap 

of 583,200 lb (264,535 kg) of whole 

monkfish. Compensation fishing would 

be extended through the 2011 FY until 

the cumulative monkfish RSA landings 

for this project in FYs 2010 and 2011 

reach 583,200 lb (264,535 kg) of whole 

monkfish (equivalent), or until the 

awarded 2010 DAS have been fully 

utilized, whichever occurs first. This 

would extend the expiration date of the 

EFPs from April 30, 2011, to April 30, 

2012. No further extensions to these 

EFPs would be made. Additionally, 

NMFS is considering imposing a cap on 

monkfish DAS possession limit 

exemptions for vessels operating under 

the monkfish RSA program due to 


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