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11See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements); and Temporary 

Rule 

Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to 

COVID–19, 85 FR 17006, 17007 (March 26, 2020). 

12See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). 

final determination in this investigation. 

Accordingly, we intend to take 

additional steps in lieu of on-site 

verification. Commerce will notify 

interested parties of any additional 

documentation or information required. 

Public Comment 

As noted above, Commerce will issue 

a preliminary scope decision no later 

than February 3, 2021. All interested 

parties will have the opportunity to 

submit case and rebuttal briefs on the 

preliminary scope determination by the 

deadline established in the 

memorandum. All parties filing scope 

briefs or rebuttals thereto, must file 

identical documents simultaneously on 

the records of all the ongoing AD and 

CVD seamless pipe investigations. No 

new factual information or business 

proprietary information may be 

included in either scope briefs or 

rebuttal scope briefs. 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. Interested parties will be 

notified of the deadline for the 

submission of such case briefs and 

written comments at a later date. 

Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised 

in case briefs, may be submitted no later 

than seven days after the deadline date 

for case briefs.11 Commerce has 

modified certain of its requirements for 

serving documents containing business 

proprietary information until further 

notice.12 Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who 

submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 

this investigation are encouraged to 

submit with each argument: (1) A 

statement of the issue; (2) a brief 

summary of the argument; and (3) a 

table of authorities. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If 

Commerce’s final determination is 

affirmative, the ITC will make its final 

injury determination before the later of 

120 days after the date of Commerce’s 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after its final determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: December 7, 2020. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretaryfor Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by the scope of 

this investigation is seamless carbon and 

alloy steel (other than stainless steel) pipes 

and redraw hollows, less than or equal to 16 

inches (406.4 mm) in nominal outside 

diameter, regardless of wall-thickness, 

manufacturing process (e.g., hot-finished or 

cold-drawn), end finish (e.g., plain end, 

beveled end, upset end, threaded, or 

threaded and coupled), or surface finish (e.g., 

bare, lacquered or coated). Redraw hollows 

are any unfinished carbon or alloy steel 

(other than stainless steel) pipe or ‘‘hollow 

profiles’’ suitable for cold finishing 

operations, such as cold drawing, to meet the 

American Society for Testing and Materials 

(ASTM) or American Petroleum Institute 

(API) specifications referenced below, or 

comparable specifications. Specifically 

included within the scope are seamless 

carbon and alloy steel (other than stainless 

steel) standard, line, and pressure pipes 

produced to the ASTM A–53, ASTM A–106, 

ASTM A–333, ASTM A–334, ASTM A–589, 

ASTM A–795, ASTM A–1024, and the API 

5L specifications, or comparable 

specifications, and meeting the physical 

parameters described above, regardless of 

application, with the exception of the 

exclusions discussed below. 

Specifically excluded from the scope of the 

investigation are: (1) All pipes meeting 

aerospace, hydraulic, and bearing tubing 

specifications, including pipe produced to 

the ASTM A–822 standard; (2) all pipes 

meeting the chemical requirements of ASTM 

A–335, whether finished or unfinished; and 

(3) unattached couplings. Also excluded from 

the scope of the investigations are all 

mechanical, boiler, condenser and heat 

exchange tubing, except when such products 

conform to the dimensional requirements, 

i.e., outside diameter and wall thickness, of 

ASTM A–53, ASTM A–106 or API 5L 

specifications. 

Subject seamless standard, line, and 

pressure pipe are normally entered under 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) subheadings 7304.19.1020, 

7304.19.1030, 7304.19.1045, 7304.19.1060, 

7304.19.5020, 7304.19.5050, 7304.31.6050, 

7304.39.0016, 7304.39.0020, 7304.39.0024, 

7304.39.0028, 7304.39.0032, 7304.39.0036, 

7304.39.0040, 7304.39.0044, 7304.39.0048, 

7304.39.0052, 7304.39.0056, 7304.39.0062, 

7304.39.0068, 7304.39.0072, 7304.51.5005, 

7304.51.5060, 7304.59.6000, 7304.59.8010, 

7304.59.8015, 7304.59.8020, 7304.59.8025, 

7304.59.8030, 7304.59.8035, 7304.59.8040, 

7304.59.8045, 7304.59.8050, 7304.59.8055, 

7304.59.8060, 7304.59.8065, and 

7304.59.8070. The HTSUS subheadings and 

specifications are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes; the written 

description of the scope is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope Comments 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Alignment 

VI. Injury Test 

VII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

VIII. Subsidies Valuation Information 

IX. Analysis of Programs 

X. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2020–27306 Filed 12–10–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Notice To Suspend Applications for 

Certification for Printing NOAA 

Nautical Charts and Publications 

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice to suspend accepting 

new applications for certification for 

printing and distribution of NOAA 

nautical charts and the United States 

Coast Pilot, and to update the public on 

digital distribution of NOAA’s products. 

SUMMARY: The federal government 

ceased printing of paper nautical charts 

in April 2014. Since then, the Office of 

Coast Survey has successfully 

transitioned the printing of paper 

nautical charts to the private sector and, 

since the Federal Register Notice of 

January 2, 2014, has certified more than 

three dozen companies to print and sell 

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States Coast Pilot®. This transition has 

resulted in a broad market providing 

product differentiation with optional 

value-added features. However, Coast 

Survey is in the process of reducing the 

amount of traditional NOAA paper 

nautical products that it maintains as it 

moves to facilitating a method from 

which paper charts can be derived from 

the NOAA’s electronic navigational 

charts (NOAA ENC®) found on website: 

https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/charts/ 

noaa-enc.html. Within the next five 

years, the number of unique charts that 

will be available for vendors to print 

will be reduced by roughly 60%. Coast 

Survey recognized that a hold on 

accepting new applications must be put 

in place until the final number of 

traditional paper charts that NOAA will 

maintain is determined. The plan for 

transitioning away from the traditional 

NOAA paper charts is available in the 

‘‘Sunsetting Traditional NOAA Paper 

Charts’’ document found on the 

following website: https://

nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/ 

docs/raster-sunset.pdf. 

To maintain a healthy market that 

meets the needs of recreational and 

commercial mariners, Coast Survey is 

suspending the certifications for new, 

non-certified printers of charts while 

continuing to maintain certification of 

printers who continue to meet standards 

as provided under their current 

agreements. There are currently eight 

certified printers of the Coast Pilot. 

Coast Survey feels the market can bear 

no more that 10 of these printers. Once 

there are 10 certified printers of the 

Coast Pilot, Coast Survey will suspend 

the certifications for new, non-certified 

printers of the Coast Pilot. 

DATES: Send comments on or before 

February 9, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments can be submitted 

online to the Office of Coast Survey’s 

inquiry system, ASSIST, at the 

following site https://

www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/customerservice/assist/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Kroll, Deputy Chief, 

Navigation Services Division, NOAA’s 

Office of Coast Survey at matt.kroll@

noaa.gov, 240–533–0063 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA 

privatized the printing of nautical charts 

in October 2013. In January 2014, Coast 

Survey started soliciting private 

companies to apply for NOAA 

certification to print, sell, and distribute 

paper nautical charts that NOAA’s 

National Ocean Service considered 

‘‘published’’, and that therefore meet 

carriage requirements. After review, 

Coast Survey certifies applicants who 

meet all NOAA chart standards. 

At the time of Coast Survey’s January 

2014 solicitation, NOAA had two 

certified printing agents. As of October 

29, 2020, NOAA had 36 certified agents 

found here, https://

nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/ 

print-agents.html#paper-charts, with 

two additional companies under review. 

Coast Survey has concluded that the 

current certified printers are meeting 

market needs, and that the companies 

with pending applications for 

certification will adequately fill any 

additional market openings. Therefore, 

until further notice, Coast Survey will 

not accept any new applications for 

certification, except for printers of the 

Coast Pilot until 10 Coast Pilot printers 

has been achieved. 

Coast Survey began the transition 

away from traditional paper products 

and considers the NOAA ENC as its 

primary product to meet navigation 

needs, and makes the following 

resources available: 

1. NOAA’s electronic navigational

charts (NOAA ENC®) (https://

nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/charts/noaaenc.html) are available for free 

download. 

2. See Coast Survey’s plan to improve

the ENC, ‘‘Transforming the NOAA 

ENC.’’ (https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ 

publications/docs/enctransformation.pdf). 

3. United States Coast Pilot (https://

nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/ 

coast-pilot/index.html) is available 

online in a digital format. 

4. NOAA’s Custom Chart tool (https://

devgis.charttools.noaa.gov/pod/) gives 

the user the ability to create and 

download charts based on your own 

scale, extent, and paper size settings. 

The National Charting Plan outlines 

several improvements to chart content 

(https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/charts/ 

docs/NCP-1-pager-v2.pdf). 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. Chapter 17, Coast and 

Geodetic Survey Act of 1947. 

Shepard M. Smith, 

Director, Office of Coast Survey, National 

Ocean Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA687] 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to Naval Base San 

Diego Pier 6 Replacement Project, San 

Diego, California 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental 

harassment authorization; request for 

comments on proposed authorization 

and possible renewal. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request 

from the U.S. Navy (Navy) for 

authorization to take marine mammals 

incidental to the Naval Base San Diego 

Pier 6 Replacement Project in San 

Diego, California. Pursuant to the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments 

on its proposal to issue an incidental 

harassment authorization (IHA) to 

incidentally take marine mammals 

during the specified activities. NMFS is 

also requesting comments on a possible 

one-year renewal that could be issued 

under certain circumstances and if all 

requirements are met, as described in 

Request for Public Comments at the end 

of this notice. NMFS will consider 

public comments prior to making any 

final decision on the issuance of the 

requested MMPA authorizations and 

agency responses will be summarized in 

the final notice of our decision. 

DATES: Comments and information must 

be received no later than January 11, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief, 

Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service and should be 

sent to ITP.Meadows@noaa.gov. 

Instructions: NMFS is not responsible 

for comments sent by any other method, 

to any other address or individual, or 

received after the end of the comment 

period. Comments received 

electronically, including all 

attachments, must not exceed a 25- 

megabyte file size. Attachments to 

electronic comments will be accepted in 

Microsoft Word or Excel or Adobe PDF 

file formats only. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted online at 

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/ 

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