1936 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 6 / Monday, January 11, 2021 / Notices 

1See Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 

225cc and 999cc, and Parts Thereof, from the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 85 FR 51015 (August 19, 2020) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Vertical Shaft 

Engines Between 225cc and 999cc, and Parts 

Thereof from the People’s Republic of China: 

Decision Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Final Affirmative Critical Circumstances 

Determination,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

3See Toro’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Vertical Shaft 

Engines from the People’s Republic of China: Letter 

in Lieu of Brief on Scope Issues,’’ dated September 

18, 2020. 

4See Kohler’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Vertical Shaft 

Engines Between 225cc and 999cc from the People’s 

Republic of China: Letter in Lieu of Scope Rebuttal 

Brief,’’ dated September 25, 2020. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Vertical Shaft 

Engines Between 225cc and 999cc, and Parts 

Thereof, from China: 

Final Scope Decision Memorandum,’’ dated 

concurrently with this final determination. 

6See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 7 and 

Comment 16. 

7See Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value: Sparklers from the People’s Republic of 

China, 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 1991) (Sparklers); see 

also Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide from the People’s 

Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2, 1994) 

(Silicon Carbide). 

Assessment 

Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) to assess 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries. Because Commerce is 

rescinding this administrative review in 

its entirety, the entries to which this 

administrative review pertained shall be 

assessed at rates equal to the cash 

deposit of estimated countervailing 

duties required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends 

to issue appropriate assessment 

instructions directly to CBP 15 days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice serves as the only 

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)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return or 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and the terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice is published in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(4). 

Dated: January 5, 2021. 

James Maeder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00272 Filed 1–8–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–119] 

Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 

225cc and 999cc, and Parts Thereof 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Final Affirmative Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Final Affirmative Critical 

Circumstances Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that imports of 

certain vertical shaft engines between 

225cc and 999cc, and parts thereof 

(vertical shaft engines) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China) are being, or 

are likely to be, sold in the United States 

at less than fair value (LTFV). The 

period of investigation is July 1, 2019 

through December 31, 2019. 

DATES: Applicable January 11, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leo 

Ayala and Jacqueline Arrowsmith, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office VII, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3945 

and (202) 482–5255, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 19, 2020, Commerce 

published its Preliminary Determination 

of sales at LTFV of from China.1 For a 

complete description of the events that 

followed the Preliminary Determination, 

see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.2 A list of topics included 

in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is a public document and 

is on file electronically via Enforcement 

and Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/. The signed and the electronic 

versions of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Scope Comments 

On September 18, 2020, the Toro 

Company/Toro Purchasing Company 

(Toro) submitted scope comments.3 On 

September 25, 2020, Kohler Co. (Kohler) 

filed rebuttal scope comments.4

Commerce addressed these comments in 

its Final Scope Determination 

Memorandum.5 We have not changed 

the scope of the investigation. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are vertical shaft engines 

from China. For a complete description 

of the scope of the investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs by parties in this 

investigation are discussed in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. A list of 

the issues raised in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum is attached to 

this notice as Appendix II. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our analysis of the 

comments received, we made certain 

changes to the margin calculations. For 

a discussion of these changes, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

We find that critical circumstances 

exist for imports of vertical shaft 

engines from China for Loncin Motor 

Co., Ltd. (Loncin), Chongqing Zongshen 

General Power Machine Co., Ltd. 

(Zongshen), all non-individually 

investigated companies, and the Chinawide entity pursuant to sections 

735(a)(3)(A) and (B) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.206.6

Separate Rate Companies 

For this Final Determination, we 

determine that the evidence placed on 

the record of this investigation by 

Loncin, Zongshen, Chongqing Rato 

Technology Co., Ltd., Jialing-Honda 

Motors Co., Ltd., and Yamaha Motor 

Powered Products demonstrates an 

absence of de jure and de facto 

government control under the criteria 

identified in Sparklers and Silicon 

Carbide.7 Accordingly, Commerce 


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8See, e.g., Notice of Preliminary Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement 

of Final Determination: Purified Carboxymethyl 

Cellulose from Finland, 69 FR 77216 (December 27, 

2004), unchanged in Notice of Final Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Purified 

Carboxymethyl Cellulose from Finland, 70 FR 

28279 (May 17, 2005). 

9See, e.g., Certain Stilbenic Optical Brightening 

Agents from the People’s Republic of China: Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 77 

FR 17436, 17438 (March 26, 2012); Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 

Certain Cold-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality 

Steel Products from the People’s Republic of China, 

65 FR 34660 (May 31, 2000), and accompanying 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

10See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 15– 

18. 

11 Id. 

12See Memorandum, ‘‘Corroboration of the 

Adverse Facts Available Rate for the Final 

Determination in the Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Certain Vertical Shaft Engines 

Between 225cc and 999cc, and Parts Thereof, from 

the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently 

with this notice. 

13See Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 

225cc and 999cc, and Parts Thereof from the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation of 

Antidumping Duty Investigation, 85 FR 8809 

(February 18, 2020) (Initiation Notice). 

14See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 38– 

39. 

continues to grant separate rates to each 

of these companies. 

China-Wide Rate 

In selecting the adverse facts available 

(AFA) rate for the China-wide entity, 

Commerce’s practice is to select a rate 

that is sufficiently adverse to ensure that 

the uncooperative party does not obtain 

a more favorable result by failing to 

cooperate than if it had fully 

cooperated.8 Specifically, it is 

Commerce’s practice to select, as an 

AFA rate, the higher of: (a) The highest 

dumping margin alleged in the petition; 

or (b) the highest calculated dumping 

margin of any respondent in the 

investigation.9

In the Preliminary Determination, we 

relied on AFA in determining the 

dumping margin for the China-wide 

entity.10 As explained in the 

Preliminary Determination, Zhejiang 

Xingyu Industry Trade, Suzhou 

Honbase MAC, and Wenling Jennfeng 

Industries Inc. did not respond to our 

requests for information.11 We have 

relied on AFA to determine the 

dumping margin of 468.33 percent for 

the China-wide entity for this final 

determination.12

Combination Rates 

In the Initiation Notice, Commerce 

stated that it would calculate producer/ 

exporter combination rates for the 

respondents that are eligible for a 

separate rate in this investigation.13

Accordingly, we have assigned 

combination rates to certain companies, 

as provided in the ‘‘Final 

Determination’’ section below. 

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins exist: 

Producer Exporter 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Cash 

deposit rate 

(adjusted 

for export 

subsidy offset) 

(percent) 

Loncin Motor Co., Ltd ................................................... Loncin Motor Co. Ltd .................................................... 177.65 165.42 

Chongqing Zongshen General Power Machine Co., 

Ltd.

Chongqing Zongshen General Power Machine Co., 

Ltd.

336.26 324.93 

Chongqing Rato Technology Co., Ltd .......................... Chongqing Rato Technology Co., Ltd .......................... 270.95 259.17 

Jialing-Honda Motors Co., Ltd ...................................... Jialing-Honda Motors Co., Ltd ...................................... 270.95 259.17 

Yamaha Motor Powered Products Jiangsu Co., Ltd .... Yamaha Motor Powered Products Jiangsu Co., Ltd .... 270.95 259.17 

China-Wide Entity ......................................................... ....................................................................................... 468.33 457.00 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with this final 

determination within five days of any 

public announcement or, if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of publication of the notice 

of final determination in the Federal 

Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224(b). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will instruct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) to continue to suspend 

liquidation of all appropriate entries of 

vertical shaft engines from China, as 

described in the appendix to this notice, 

which were entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

August 19, 2019, the date of publication 

of the Preliminary Determination of this 

investigation in the Federal Register. 

Further, Commerce will instruct CBP to 

require a cash deposit equal to the 

estimated amount by which the normal 

value exceeds the U.S. price as shown 

above. 

Section 735(c)(4) of the Act provides 

that, given an affirmative determination 

of critical circumstances, any 

suspension of liquidation shall apply to 

unliquidated entries of merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the later of: 

(a) The date which is 90 days before the 

date on which the suspension of 

liquidation was first ordered; or (b) the 

date on which notice of initiation of the 

investigation was published. As 

discussed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce finds that 

critical circumstances exist for Loncin, 

Zongshen, all non-individually 

investigated companies, and the Chinawide entity. In accordance with section 

733(c)(4) of the Act, the suspension of 

liquidation shall continue to apply to all 

unliquidated entries of merchandise 

from Loncin, all non-individually 

investigated companies, and the Chinawide entity that were entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after May 21, 2020, 

which is 90 days before the publication 

of the Preliminary Determination. In 

addition, based on our final affirmative 

critical circumstances determination for 

Zongshen,14 suspension of liquidation 

shall apply to all unliquidated entries of 

merchandise from Zongshen, that were 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after May 21, 

2020, which is 90 days before the 

publication of the Preliminary 

Determination. 

To determine the cash deposit rate, 

Commerce normally adjusts the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin by the amount of domestic 

subsidy pass-through and export 

subsidies determined in a companion 

countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding 

when CVD provisional measures are in 

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15 Id. at 37. 

16See Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 

225cc and 999cc, and Parts Thereof from the 

People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and Final 

Negative Critical Circumstances Determination, 

dated concurrently with this notice. 

makes an affirmative determination for 

domestic subsidy pass-through or export 

subsidies, Commerce offsets the 

calculated estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin by the appropriate 

rates. Commerce continues to find that 

neither Zongshen nor Loncin qualifies 

for a double-remedy adjustment.15

However, we have continued to adjust 

the cash deposit rates for Loncin, 

Zongshen, all non-individuallyexamined companies, and the Chinawide entity for export subsidies in the 

companion CVD investigation by the 

appropriate export subsidy rates 16 as 

indicated in the above chart. However, 

suspension of liquidation of provisional 

measures in the companion CVD case 

has been discontinued effective October 

17, 2020; therefore, we are not 

instructing CBP to collect cash deposits 

based upon the adjusted estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

those export subsidies at this time. 

Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), 

Commerce will instruct CBP to require 

a cash deposit equal to the weightedaverage amount by which NV exceeds 

U.S. price as follows: (1) For all 

combinations of exporters/producers of 

merchandise under consideration that 

have not received their own separate 

rate, the cash-deposit rate will be the 

cash deposit rate established for the 

China-wide entity; and (2) for all nonChinese exporters of the merchandise 

under consideration which have not 

received their own separate rate above, 

the cash-deposit rate will be the cash 

deposit rate applicable to the Chinese 

exporter/producer combination that 

supplied that non-Chinese exporter. 

These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the International 

Trade Commission (ITC) of the final 

affirmative determination of sales at 

LTFV. Because the final determination 

in this proceeding is affirmative, in 

accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the 

Act, the ITC will make its final 

determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports, or 

sales (or the likelihood of sales) for 

importation of vertical shaft engines 

from China before the later of 120 days 

after our preliminary determination or 

45 days after our final determination. If 

the ITC determines that material injury 

or threat of material injury does not 

exist, the proceeding will be terminated, 

and all cash deposits will be refunded. 

If the ITC determines that such injury 

does exist, Commerce will issue an 

antidumping duty order directing CBP 

to assess, upon further instruction by 

Commerce, antidumping duties on all 

imports of the subject merchandise, 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the effective 

date of the suspension of liquidation. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to an 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

notification of the return or destruction 

of APO materials or conversion to 

judicial protective order is hereby 

requested. Failure to comply with the 

regulations and the terms of an APO is 

a violation subject to sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(c). 

Dated: January 4, 2021. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation consists of spark-ignited, nonroad, vertical shaft engines, whether finished 

or unfinished, whether assembled or 

unassembled, primarily for riding lawn 

mowers and zero-turn radius lawn mowers. 

Engines meeting this physical description 

may also be for other non-hand-held outdoor 

power equipment such as, including but not 

limited to, tow-behind brush mowers, 

grinders, and vertical shaft generators. The 

subject engines are spark ignition, single or 

multiple cylinder, air cooled, internal 

combustion engines with vertical power take 

off shafts with a minimum displacement of 

225 cubic centimeters (cc) and a maximum 

displacement of 999cc. Typically, engines 

with displacements of this size generate gross 

power of between 6.7 kilowatts (kw) to 42 

kw. 

Engines covered by this scope normally 

must comply with and be certified under 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air 

pollution controls title 40, chapter I, 

subchapter U, part 1054 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations standards for small nonroad spark-ignition engines and equipment. 

Engines that otherwise meet the physical 

description of the scope but are not certified 

under 40 CFR part 1054 and are not certified 

under other parts of subchapter U of the EPA 

air pollution controls are not excluded from 

the scope of this proceeding. Engines that 

may be certified under both 40 CFR part 1054 

as well as other parts of subchapter U remain 

subject to the scope of this proceeding. 

For purposes of this investigation, an 

unfinished engine covers at a minimum a 

sub-assembly comprised of, but not limited 

to, the following components: Crankcase, 

crankshaft, camshaft, piston(s), and 

connecting rod(s). Importation of these 

components together, whether assembled or 

unassembled, and whether or not 

accompanied by additional components such 

as an oil pan, manifold, cylinder head(s), 

valve train, or valve cover(s), constitutes an 

unfinished engine for purposes of this 

investigation. The inclusion of other 

products such as spark plugs fitted into the 

cylinder head or electrical devices (e.g., 

ignition modules, ignition coils) for 

synchronizing with the motor to supply 

tension current does not remove the product 

from the scope. The inclusion of any other 

components not identified as comprising the 

unfinished engine subassembly in a third 

country does not remove the engine from the 

scope. 

The engines subject to this investigation 

are typically classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

at subheadings: 8407.90.1020, 8407.90.1060, 

and 8407.90.1080. The engine subassemblies 

that are subject to this investigation enter 

under HTSUS 8409.91.9990. Engines subject 

to this investigation may also enter under 

HTSUS 8407.90.9060 and 8407.90.9080. The 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes only, and 

the written description of the merchandise 

under investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope Comments 

V. Scope of the Investigation 

VI. Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

VII. China-Wide Entity and the Use of Facts 

Available and Adverse Inferences 

VIII. Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

IX. Discussion of Issues 

Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should 

Change the Surrogate Value for the 

Composite Magnetic Flywheel Input 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should 

Change the Surrogate Value for 

Polypropylene Plastic Material 

Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should 

Change the Surrogate Value for Cast 

Aluminum Crankcases 

Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should 

Change the Surrogate Value for Ignition 

Coils 


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Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should 

Change the Surrogate Value for Balance 

Shafts 

Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should 

Change the Surrogate Values for Guide 

Hoods, Engine Shrouds, and Throttle 

Governors 

Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should 

Change the Surrogate Value for Cylinder 

Liners 

Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should 

Change the Surrogate Value for Governor 

Gears 

Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should 

Change the Surrogate Values for Throttle 

Linkages, Throttle Linkage Clamps, 

Cotter Pins, and Certain Other Inputs 

Comment 10: Whether Commerce should 

Continue to use the Financial Statements 

of Alarko Carrier Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. 

to Calculate Surrogate Financial Ratios 

Comment 11: Whether Commerce Should 

Change the Surrogate Value for U.S. 

Inland Freight 

Comment 12: Whether Commerce Should 

Change the Surrogate Value for U.S. Rail 

Freight 

Comment 13: Whether Commerce Should 

Change the Surrogate Value for U.S. 

Brokerage 

Comment 14: Whether Commerce Should 

Change the Surrogate Value for Ocean 

Freight 

Comment 15: Whether Commerce Should 

Make a Double Remedy Pass-Through 

Adjustment 

Comment 16: Whether Commerce Should 

Limit its Massive Surge Analysis to a 

Three-Month Relatively Short Period 

X. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA757] 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) and its 

advisory committees will meet February 

1, 2021 through February 12, 2021. 

DATES: The Council’s Scientific and 

Statistical Committee (SSC) will begin at 

8 a.m. on Monday, February 1, 2021 and 

continue through Friday, February 5, 

2021. The Council’s Advisory Panel 

(AP) will begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, 

February 1, 2021 and continue through 

Friday, February 5, 2021. The Council 

will meet on Friday, February 5, 2021, 

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and from 8 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. on Monday, February 8, 2021 

through Friday, February 12, 2021. All 

times listed are Alaska Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be by 

webconference. Join online through the 

links at https://www.npfmc.org/ 

upcoming-council-meetings. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 1007 W 

3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501–2252; 

telephone: (907) 271–2809. Instructions 

for attending the meeting via 

webconference are given under 

Connection Information, below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diana Evans, Council staff; telephone: 

(907) 271–2809 and email: 

diana.evans@noaa.gov. For technical 

support please contact our 

administrative staff, email: 

npfmc.admin@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

Monday, February 1, 2021 Through 

Friday, February 5, 2021 

The SSC agenda will include the 

following issues: 

(1) Crab PSC Limit Reductions— 

Preliminary/Initial Review 

(2) BSAI Crab—Norton Sound red king 

crab specifications, Plan Team/ 

Workshop report 

(3) Small Sablefish Release—Initial 

Review 

(4) Marine mammal status—Review 

(5) Bering Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan: 

(a) FEP Team report, (b) FEP 

Taskforce on Climate Change 

workplan, (c) FEP Taskforce on 

Local Knowledge/Traditional 

Knowledge/Subsistence update, (d) 

Ecosystem Committee report 

(6) Groundfish and Crab Economic 

SAFE reports—Review 

(7) EFP Applications and Reports (a) 

Review halibut excluder 

application, (b) Review NBS 

application (T), (c) Receive report 

on AI pollock EFP 

(8) SSC prioritization and planning 

(9) SSC Workshop to review the 

groundfish specifications risk table 

The agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version will be posted at 

https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/1852 prior to the meeting, along 

with meeting materials. 

In addition to providing ongoing 

scientific advice for fishery management 

decisions, the SSC functions as the 

Council’s primary peer review panel for 

scientific information, as described by 

the Magnuson-Stevens Act section 

302(g)(1)(e), and the National Standard 

2 guidelines (78 FR 43066). The peer 

review process is also deemed to satisfy 

the requirements of the Information 

Quality Act, including the OMB Peer 

Review Bulletin guidelines. 

Monday, February 1, 2021 Through 

Friday, February 5, 2021 

The Advisory Panel agenda will 

include the following issues: 

(1) Small Sablefish Release—Initial 

Review 

(2) BSAI Pacific cod Pot Catcher 

Processor LLP License 

Endorsements—Final Action 

(3) Standardized Bycatch Reporting 

Methodology—Initial/Final Action 

(4) Crab PSC Limit Reductions— 

Preliminary/Initial Review 

(5) BSAI Crab—Norton Sound red king 

crab specifications, Plan Team/ 

Workshop report 

(6) Community Engagement Committee 

Final Recommendations—Review 

(7) EFP Applications and Reports (a) 

Review halibut excluder 

application, (b) Review NBS 

application (T) 

(8) Bering Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan: 

(a) FEP Team report, (b) FEP 

Taskforce on Climate Change 

workplan, (c) FEP Taskforce on 

Local Knowledge/Traditional 

Knowledge/Subsistence update, (d) 

Ecosystem Committee report 

(9) Staff Tasking 

Friday, February 5, 2021 

The Council agenda will include the 

following issues. The Council may take 

appropriate action on any of the issues 

identified. 

(1) All B Reports (Executive Director, 

NMFS Management, NOAA GC, 

NOAA GC, AFSC, ADF&G, USCG, 

USFWS, Protective Species Report) 

(2) BSAI Pacific cod Pot Catcher 

Processor LLP License 

Endorsements—Final Action 

(3) Standardized Bycatch Reporting 

Methodology—Initial/Final Action 

Monday, February 8, 2021 Through 

Friday, February 12, 2021 

The Council agenda will include the 

following issues. The Council may take 

appropriate action on any of the issues 

identified. 

(4) AP Report 

(5) IPHC Report 

(6) Standardized Bycatch Reporting 

Methodology Continued—Initial/ 

Final Action 

(7) Community Engagement Committee 

Final Recommendations—Review 

(8) Small Sablefish Release—Initial 

Review 

(9) Crab PSC Limit Reductions— 

Preliminary/Initial Review 

(10) SSC Report 


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