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TABLE 2—CONCESSION CONTRACTS CONTINUED UNTIL THE EXPIRATION DATE SHOWN OR UNTIL THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF

A NEW CONTRACT, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST—Continued 

Park unit CONCID Concessioner 

Continuation 

effective 

date 

Continuation 

expiration 

date 

Lake Mead NRA .............................. LAKE006–74 Las Vegas Boat Harbor, Inc. ........................................ 1/1/2024 12/31/2024 

Lake Mead NRA .............................. LAKE009–88 LMNRA Guest Services, LLC ....................................... 1/1/2024 12/31/2024 

Interior Region 1—National Capital 

Region.

NACC003–86 Guest Services, Inc. ...................................................... 1/1/2024 12/31/2025 

TABLE 3—TEMPORARY CONCESSION CONTRACT

Park Unit CONCID Services Effective date 

Voyageurs NP ............................................. VOYA002–11 Lodging, Food and Beverage, Transportation, Marina, Retail,

and Boat Portage Services.

1/1/2024 

Justin Unger, 

Associate Director, Business Services. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21908 Filed 10–3–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[RR040U2000, 23XR0680GB, 

RXN5570007.3200000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for the December 2016 

Record of Decision Entitled Glen 

Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental 

and Management Plan 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: On June 6, 2023, the Secretary 

of the Interior’s Acting Designee to the 

Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive 

Management Work Group (AMWG), a 

Federal advisory committee, directed 

the Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) to prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS). The supplement is to 

the December 2016 Record of Decision 

for the Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term 

Experimental and Management Plan 

(LTEMP) Final Environmental Impact 

Statement and will analyze flow options 

to prevent smallmouth bass and other 

warmwater invasive nonnative fish from 

establishing below Glen Canyon Dam 

(by preventing additional spawning) 

and will analyze new information 

regarding the sediment accounting 

window associated with the LTEMP 

High-Flow Experiment (HFE) protocol. 

DATES: This Federal Register notice 

initiates the public scoping process for 

the SEIS. Reclamation requests that the 

public submit comments concerning the 

scope of specific operational guidelines, 

strategies, and any other issues that 

should be considered on or before 

November 3, 2023. 

Reclamation will host two public 

webinars to provide summary 

information and receive oral comments. 

For specific information concerning the 

dates, times, and links to the webinars, 

click on the link provided in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments pursuant to this notice to 

LTEMPSEIS@usbr.gov or by mail to 

Bureau of Reclamation, Attn: LTEMP 

SEIS Project Manager, 125 South State 

Street, Suite 800, Salt Lake City, UT 

84138. For information on the upcoming 

webinars, go to https://www.usbr.gov/ 

uc/progact/amp/index.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathleen Callister, Adaptive 

Management and Water Quality 

Division Manager, Bureau of 

Reclamation, at (801) 524–3867, or by 

email at LTEMPSEIS@usbr.gov. Please 

also visit the Glen Canyon Dam 

Adaptive Management website at 

https://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/amp/ 

index.html for updates. Individuals in 

the United States who are deaf, 

deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 

speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document provides notice that 

Reclamation intends to prepare an SEIS 

and a modified Record of Decision for 

the 2016 LTEMP. Reclamation is issuing 

this Federal Register notice pursuant to 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969, as amended (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.; the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s regulations for 

implementing NEPA, 43 CFR parts 1500 

through 1508; and the Department of the 

Interior NEPA regulations, 43 CFR part 

46. 

Background 

The Colorado River Basin has been in 

a prolonged period of drought and lowrunoff conditions, and despite current 

projections of 2023 runoff being above 

average, the period from 2000 through 

2023 is currently estimated as the 

second driest period in more than a 

century and one of the driest periods in 

the last 1,200 years. 

As the water elevation at Lake Powell 

has declined, the epilimnion (upper 

layer of water) where most fish reside 

has become closer to the dam’s intakes, 

which move water from the reservoir, 

into the dam through the turbines for 

hydropower production, and 

downstream into the Colorado River. 

The decrease in water elevation means 

that nonnative fish in Lake Powell are 

now more likely than in prior years to 

become entrained, passing through the 

dam and downstream into the Colorado 

River. While some level of fish mortality 

occurs during passage through the 

turbines, some fish survive. As Lake 

Powell elevations decline, warmer water 

from the epilimnion is discharged, 

resulting in releases of water with 

warmer temperatures. Warm water 

temperatures below the dam create 

conditions that are suitable for 

warmwater nonnative fish to reproduce 

and eventually establish populations. 

This is a concern because smallmouth 

bass and other predatory invasive fish 

pose a threat to federally listed fish 

species and other native fish 

downstream of Glen Canyon Dam. 

Although invasive fish, including 

smallmouth bass, have been detected 


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below the dam previously, the thermal 

conditions in the river (that is, warmer 

waters) are now conducive for 

smallmouth bass reproduction and 

establishment. 

To respond to the changing 

conditions, the Secretary of the 

Interior’s Acting Designee to the AMWG 

directed Reclamation in August 2022, 

through the AMWG, to identify and 

analyze operational alternatives at Glen 

Canyon Dam that may serve to disrupt 

spawning of smallmouth bass and other 

warmwater invasive fish that pass 

through the dam. 

Reclamation undertook an 

environmental assessment (EA) in 

August 2022. The draft EA entitled Glen 

Canyon Dam/Smallmouth Bass (SMB) 

Flow Options was released for public 

comment on February 24, 2023. Based 

on the EA analysis and nearly 7,000 

comments received, Reclamation 

concluded that additional analysis was 

warranted. 

Additionally, the increased 

temperatures of water releases, 

entrainment of warmwater nonnative 

fish, and lower Lake Powell elevations 

have resulted in the Department 

deciding to not implement fall HFEs in 

2015, 2021, and 2022, despite reaching 

input triggers for sediment HFEs. The 

absence of spring HFEs during the first 

10 years of the HFE protocol, coupled 

with analyses documenting reduced 

transport of fine sediments in years with 

low release volumes and low Lake 

Powell elevations, have prompted the 

researchers to reassess aspects of the 

scientific information supporting the 

HFE protocol. Assessment of the 

protocol from its use over the past 11 

years indicates a need to evaluate the 

potential for longer sediment accounting 

periods and implementations windows 

as described in the LTEMP Record of 

Decision. The successful 

implementation of a spring HFE in April 

2023 gives preliminary credence to 

altering sediment accounting windows. 

The LTEMP SEIS will also consider 

modifying the LTEMP HFE protocol to 

incorporate the latest scientific 

information available. Over the past 25 

years, scientific information on the use 

and timing of HFEs has improved 

understanding of how best to manage 

tributary-derived sediment supplies 

below the dam. Refined evaluation of 

opportunities and impediments for 

HFEs over the past decade under lower 

Lake Powell reservoir levels warrants 

review of the HFE implementation 

protocols. The LTEMP SEIS will reevaluate the HFE sediment accounting 

period and implementation window to 

more fully achieve the LTEMP goals as 

they relate to using HFEs. 

Purpose and Need 

The purpose of the LTEMP SEIS is for 

Reclamation to analyze additional flow 

options at Glen Canyon Dam in 

response to invasive smallmouth bass 

and other warmwater nonnatives 

recently detected directly below the 

dam. The need is to prevent the 

establishment of smallmouth bass below 

the Glen Canyon Dam (by preventing 

additional spawning), which could 

threaten core populations of threatened 

humpback chub in and around the Little 

Colorado River and its confluence with 

the Colorado River mainstem. 

The LTEMP SEIS will also consider 

the HFE protocol by including the latest 

scientific information to improve 

Reclamation’s ability to implement 

HFEs as originally intended in the 

LTEMP EIS. Specifically, Reclamation is 

considering adjusting sediment 

accounting periods and HFE 

implementation windows. 

Preliminary Proposed Action 

Reductions in water temperature 

combined with changes in flow velocity 

may be vital tools that can be used to 

disrupt smallmouth bass from 

successfully spawning and establishing 

a population. As such, Reclamation has 

determined that an SEIS is necessary to 

pursue implementation of additional 

flow options at Glen Canyon Dam. A 

range of reservoir releases with 

temperature and flow velocity 

combinations will be analyzed to 

determine efficacy of their ability to 

disrupt and prevent smallmouth bass 

spawning behavior. Reclamation will 

also analyze the sediment accounting 

periods and implementation windows 

associated with the HFE protocol 

analyzed in LTEMP. 

Alternatives To Be Considered 

During the EA process, nearly 7,000 

public comments were received. Many 

of the substantial comments focused on 

the effects to hydropower generation 

and revenues as well as the effects on 

Tribal resources. Upon direction from 

the Secretary of the Interior’s Acting 

Designee, Reclamation is transitioning 

to an SEIS analysis. 

For the LTEMP SEIS scoping process, 

Reclamation anticipates the following 

preliminary alternatives will be 

considered: 

• No Action. 

• Four actions initially analyzed in 

the Glen Canyon Dam/Smallmouth Bass 

Flow Options Draft Environmental 

Assessment (February 2023). The Draft 

EA can be accessed at this web address: 

https://www.usbr.gov/uc/DocLibrary/

EnvironmentalAssessments/20230200- 

GCDSmallmouthBassFlowOps_

Draft%20EA_508.pdf. 

• Hydropower flow option that does 

not include the use of bypass to reduce 

water temperatures. 

• Included in all but the No Action 

alternative will be a revised annual 

sediment accounting period and 

implementation window associated 

with the HFE protocol. 

Summary of Expected Impacts 

The LTEMP SEIS will analyze 

reasonably foreseeable impacts from the 

alternatives considered. An initial 

analysis of impacts was done as part of 

the Glen Canyon Dam/Smallmouth Bass 

Flow Options Draft Environmental 

Assessment (February 2023). This initial 

analysis and alternatives considered 

will be further informed by comments 

received during the public EA comment 

process, the current SEIS scoping 

process and analysis of the current 

hydrology. These analyses will build 

upon and utilize information described 

in the 2016 LTEMP Final EIS and 

relevant analyses. The analyses in the 

SEIS will consider potential effects on 

the resources below Glen Canyon Dam, 

including natural and cultural 

resources, endangered species, 

recreation, water resources, hydropower 

resources, and other resources and uses. 

Reclamation will use an 

interdisciplinary approach 

incorporating expertise in the relevant 

resource fields. 

Schedule 

Reclamation is planning to provide 

opportunities for public participation 

consistent with the NEPA process, 

including a 30-day scoping period and 

a 45-day public comment period on the 

draft LTEMP SEIS. The draft LTEMP 

SEIS is anticipated to be made available 

for public review in the winter of 2023– 

2024 and the final LTEMP SEIS with a 

Record of Decision, as appropriate, is 

anticipated to be available during the 

early summer 2024. The proposed 

duration of the flow options would 

potentially run through 2027. Any 

decisions regarding revisions to the HFE 

protocol are anticipated to run through 

duration of the LTEMP Record of 

Decision. 

Cooperating Agencies 

Reclamation will be inviting the 

cooperating and co-lead agencies that 

participated in the LTEMP EIS to be 

cooperating agencies on the current 

LTEMP SEIS. Federal agencies with 

jurisdiction by law or with specialized 

expertise include the National Park 

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1The record is defined in § 207.2(f) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 

CFR 207.2(f)). 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Western 

Area Power Administration. 

Public Disclosure of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Wayne Pullan, 

Regional Director, Bureau of Reclamation, 

Upper Colorado Basin Region. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22077 Filed 10–3–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4332–90–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–487 and 731– 

TA–1197–1198 (Second Review)] 

Steel Wire Garment Hangers From 

Taiwan and Vietnam; Determinations 

On the basis of the record 1 developed 

in the subject five-year reviews, the 

United States International Trade 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) 

determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 

1930 (‘‘the Act’’), that revocation of the 

antidumping duty orders on steel wire 

garment hangers from Taiwan and 

Vietnam and the countervailing duty 

order on steel wire garment hangers 

from Vietnam would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States within a reasonably foreseeable 

time. 

Background 

The Commission instituted these 

reviews on April 3, 2023 (88 FR 19669) 

and determined on July 7, 2023 that it 

would conduct expedited reviews (88 

FR 55068, August 14, 2023). 

The Commission made these 

determinations pursuant to section 

751(c) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)). It 

completed and filed its determinations 

in these reviews on September 29, 2023. 

The views of the Commission are 

contained in USITC Publication 5464 

(October 2023), entitled Steel Wire 

Garment Hangers from Taiwan and 

Vietnam: Investigation Nos. 701–TA– 

487 and 731–TA–1197–1198 (Second 

Review). 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: September 29, 2023. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21980 Filed 10–3–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–694 and 731– 

TA–1641–1642 (Preliminary)] 

Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates 

From China and Japan; Institution of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Investigations and Scheduling of 

Preliminary Phase Investigations 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the institution of investigations 

and commencement of preliminary 

phase antidumping and countervailing 

duty investigation Nos. 701–TA–694 

and 731–TA–1641–1642 (Preliminary) 

pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the 

Act’’) to determine whether there is a 

reasonable indication that an industry 

in the United States is materially 

injured or threatened with material 

injury, or the establishment of an 

industry in the United States is 

materially retarded, by reason of 

imports of aluminum lithographic 

printing plates from China and Japan, 

provided for in subheading 3701.30.00 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States, that are alleged to be 

sold in the United States at less than fair 

value and alleged to be subsidized by 

the Government of China. Unless the 

Department of Commerce (‘‘Commerce’’) 

extends the time for initiation, the 

Commission must reach a preliminary 

determination in antidumping and 

countervailing duty investigations in 45 

days, or in this case by November 13, 

2023. The Commission’s views must be 

transmitted to Commerce within five 

business days thereafter, or by 

November 20, 2023. 

DATES: September 28, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Celia Feldpausch (202) 205–2387, Office 

of Investigations, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server (https://

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

these investigations may be viewed on 

the Commission’s electronic docket 

(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background.—These investigations 

are being instituted, pursuant to 

sections 703(a) and 733(a) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671b(a) and 

1673b(a)), in response to a petition filed 

on September 28, 2023, by Eastman 

Kodak Company, Rochester, New York. 

For further information concerning 

the conduct of these investigations and 

rules of general application, consult the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B 

(19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A and B (19 CFR part 207). 

Participation in the investigations and 

public service list.—Persons (other than 

petitioners) wishing to participate in the 

investigations as parties must file an 

entry of appearance with the Secretary 

to the Commission, as provided in 

§§ 201.11 and 207.10 of the 

Commission’s rules, not later than seven 

days after publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. Industrial users 

and (if the merchandise under 

investigation is sold at the retail level) 

representative consumer organizations 

have the right to appear as parties in 

Commission antidumping duty and 

countervailing duty investigations. The 

Secretary will prepare a public service 

list containing the names and addresses 

of all persons, or their representatives, 

who are parties to these investigations 

upon the expiration of the period for 

filing entries of appearance. 

Limited disclosure of business 

proprietary information (BPI) under an 

administrative protective order (APO) 

and BPI service list.—Pursuant to 

§ 207.7(a) of the Commission’s rules, the 

Secretary will make BPI gathered in 

these investigations available to 

authorized applicants representing 

interested parties (as defined in 19 

U.S.C. 1677(9)) who are parties to the 

investigations under the APO issued in 

the investigations, provided that the 

application is made not later than seven 

days after the publication of this notice 

in the Federal Register. A separate 

service list will be maintained by the 

Secretary for those parties authorized to 

receive BPI under the APO. 

Conference.—The Office of 

Investigations will hold a staff 

conference in connection with the 

preliminary phase of these 

investigations beginning at 9:30 a.m. on 


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