31370 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 129 / Thursday, July 5, 2018 / Notices 

Dated: June 28, 2018. 

P. Lee Smith, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations Enforcement & Compliance. 

Annex 1—Amendment to the 

Agreement Suspending the 

Antidumping Duty Investigation on 

Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods 

(OCTG) From Ukraine 

Amendment to the Agreement 

Suspending the Antidumping Duty 

Investigation on Certain Oil Country 

Tubular Goods From Ukraine 

The United States Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) and the 

producers/exporters of Certain Oil 

Country Tubular Goods from Ukraine 

that are signatories to the Agreement 

Suspending the Antidumping Duty 

Investigation on Certain Oil Country 

Tubular Goods from Ukraine 

(Agreement), signed on July 10, 2014, 

and amended on July 10, 2017, hereby 

amend Section H of the Agreement, as 

follows: 

The First Sentence of Section H is 

Amended as Follows (Changes in 

Italics): 

(H) Termination or Withdrawal 

This Agreement shall terminate five 

years after the effective date of this 

Agreement, on July 10, 2019. 

All other provisions of the Agreement, 

as amended, continue with full force. 

Signed on June 28, 2018, in Washington, 

DC by 

P. Lee Smith, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Policy and Negotiations 

Enforcement & Compliance 

Deen Kaplan, Counsel for Interpipe 

Europe S.A.; Interpipe Ukraine LLC; 

PJSC Interpipe Niznedneprovsky 

Tube Rolling Plant; LLC Interpipe 

Niko Tube; North American Interpipe, 

Inc. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14427 Filed 7–3–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

National Construction Safety Team 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Construction 

Safety Team (NCST) Advisory 

Committee (Committee) will hold an 

open meeting in-person and via 

teleconference on Thursday, August 30, 

2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time. The primary purposes of this 

meeting are to update the Committee on 

the progress of planning for the NCST 

technical investigation to study building 

failures and emergency response and 

evacuation during Hurricane Maria, 

which made landfall in the U.S. 

territory of Puerto Rico on September 

20, 2017, and the implementation of 

recommendations from previous NCST 

investigations, including the Joplin 

tornado investigation. The agenda may 

change to accommodate Committee 

business. The final agenda will be 

posted on the NIST website at https:// 

www.nist.gov/topics/disaster-failurestudies/national-construction-safetyteam-ncst/advisory-committee. 

DATES: The NCST Advisory Committee 

will meet on Thursday, August 30, 2018 

from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

person and via teleconference in the 

Portrait Room of Building 101, NIST, 

100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, 

Maryland 20899. For instructions on 

how to participate in the meeting, 

please see the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Banner, Administrative Office 

Assistant, Community Resilience 

Program, Engineering Laboratory, NIST, 

100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8615, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–8604. 

Ms. Banner’s email address is 

Melissa.Banner@nist.gov; and her phone 

number is (301) 975–8912. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee was established pursuant to 

Section 11 of the NCST Act (Pub. L. 

107–231, codified at 15 U.S.C. 7301 et 

seq.). The Committee is currently 

composed of six members, appointed by 

the Director of NIST, who were selected 

on the basis of established records of 

distinguished service in their 

professional community and their 

knowledge of issues affecting the 

National Construction Safety Teams. 

The Committee advises the Director of 

NIST on carrying out the NCST Act; 

reviews the procedures developed for 

conducting investigations; and reviews 

the reports issued documenting 

investigations. Background information 

on the NCST Act and information on the 

NCST Advisory Committee is available 

at https://www.nist.gov/topics/disasterfailure-studies/national-constructionsafety-team-ncst/advisory-committee. 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 

App., notice is hereby given that the 

NCST Advisory Committee will meet on 

Thursday, August 30, 2018 from 8:30 

a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The 

meeting will be open to the public. The 

meeting will be held in person and via 

teleconference in the Portrait Room of 

Building 101, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. The 

primary purposes of this meeting are to 

update the Committee on the progress of 

planning for the NCST technical 

investigation to study building failures 

and emergency response and evacuation 

during Hurricane Maria, which made 

landfall in the U.S. territory of Puerto 

Rico on September 20, 2017, and the 

implementation of recommendations 

from previous NCST investigations, 

including the Joplin tornado 

investigation. The agenda may change to 

accommodate Committee business. The 

final agenda will be posted on the NIST 

website at https://www.nist.gov/topics/ 

disaster-failure-studies/nationalconstruction-safety-team-ncst/advisorycommittee-meetings. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to 

items on the Committee’s agenda for 

this meeting are invited to request a 

place on the agenda. Approximately 

fifteen minutes will be reserved near the 

conclusion of the meeting for public 

comments, and speaking times will be 

assigned on a first-come, first-served 

basis. Public comments can be provided 

in person or by teleconference 

attendance. The amount of time per 

speaker will be determined by the 

number of requests received, but is 

likely to be three minutes each. 

Questions from the public will not be 

considered during this period. All those 

wishing to speak must submit their 

request by email to the attention of 

Melissa Banner Melissa.Banner@

nist.gov, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Friday, August 17, 2018. 

Speakers who wish to expand upon 

their oral statements, those who wish to 

speak but cannot be accommodated on 

the agenda, and those who are unable to 

attend are invited to submit written 

statements to the NCST, National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 

100 Bureau Drive, MS 8604, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–8604, or 

electronically by email to 

Benjamin.Davis@nist.gov. 

To participate in the meeting, please 

submit your first and last name, email 

address, and phone number to Melissa 

Banner at Melissa.Banner@nist.gov or 

(301) 975–8912. After pre-registering, 

participants will be provided with 

detailed instructions on how to join the 

meeting remotely. All visitors to the 

NIST site are required to pre-register to 

be admitted. Anyone wishing to attend 

this meeting in person or via 


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teleconference must register by 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Time, Thursday, August 9, 

2018, to attend. Please submit your full 

name, email address, and phone number 

to Melissa Banner at Melissa.Banner@

nist.gov; her phone number is (301) 

975–8912. Non-U.S. citizens must 

submit additional information; please 

contact Ms. Banner. For participants 

attending in person, please note that 

federal agencies, including NIST, can 

only accept a state-issued driver’s 

license or identification card for access 

to federal facilities if such license or 

identification card is issued by a state 

that is compliant with the REAL ID Act 

of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–13), or by a state 

that has an extension for REAL ID 

compliance. NIST currently accepts 

other forms of federal-issued 

identification in lieu of a state-issued 

driver’s license. For detailed 

information, please contact Ms. Banner 

or visit: http://www.nist.gov/public_

affairs/visitor/. 

Kevin A. Kimball, 

Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14430 Filed 7–3–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG301 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Applications for one scientific 

research permit modification and three 

new permits. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has received four scientific 

research permit application requests 

relating to Pacific salmon and steelhead. 

The proposed research is intended to 

increase knowledge of species listed 

under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) and to help guide management 

and conservation efforts. The 

applications may be viewed online at: 

https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov/preview/ 

preview_open_for_comment.cfm. 

DATES: Comments or requests for a 

public hearing on the applications must 

be received at the appropriate address or 

fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later 

than 5 p.m. Pacific standard time on 

August 6, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

applications should be sent to the 

Protected Resources Division, NMFS, 

1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100, 

Portland, OR 97232–1274. Comments 

may also be sent via fax to 503–230– 

5441 or by email to nmfs.nwr.apps@

noaa.gov (include the permit number in 

the subject line of the fax or email). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob 

Clapp, Portland, OR (ph.: 503–231– 

2314), Fax: 503–230–5441, email: 

Robert.Clapp@noaa.gov). Permit 

application instructions are available 

from the address above, or online at 

https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Species Covered in This Notice 

The following listed species are 

covered in this notice: 

Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 

tshawytscha): Threatened Puget Sound 

(PS). 

Steelhead (O. mykiss): Threatened PS. 

Chum salmon (O. keta): Threatened 

Hood Canal Summer-run (HCS). 

Authority 

Scientific research permits are issued 

in accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A) 

of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and 

regulations governing listed fish and 

wildlife permits (50 CFR 222–226). 

NMFS issues permits based on findings 

that such permits: (1) Are applied for in 

good faith; (2) if granted and exercised, 

would not operate to the disadvantage 

of the listed species that are the subject 

of the permit; and (3) are consistent 

with the purposes and policy of section 

2 of the ESA. The authority to take 

listed species is subject to conditions set 

forth in the permits. 

Anyone requesting a hearing on an 

application listed in this notice should 

set out the specific reasons why a 

hearing on that application would be 

appropriate (see ADDRESSES). Such 

hearings are held at the discretion of the 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

NMFS. 

Applications Received 

Permit 21330–2M 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(FWS) is seeking to modify a five-year 

research permit that allows them to 

annually take juvenile PS Chinook 

salmon and PS steelhead in Jim Creek 

(South Fork Stillaguamish River 

watershed—Snohomish County, 

Washington). The purpose of the FWS 

study is to document ESA-listed fish 

presence, distribution, and abundance 

in Jim Creek within the boundaries of 

the Naval Radio Station Jim Creek 

facility. The research would benefit the 

listed species by helping refine the 

facility’s Integrated Natural Resources 

Management plan—the information 

would help guide decisions regarding 

habitat restoration and fill data gaps 

regarding the distribution and 

abundance of ESA-listed PS Chinook, 

PS steelhead, and bull trout (Salvelinus 

confluentus). The FWS proposes to 

capture fish using backpack 

electrofishing equipment. The captured 

fish would be removed from the water 

using a dip net, placed in aerated 

buckets, anesthetized with MS–222, 

identified to species, weighed, 

measured, and returned to their capture 

locations when recovered. In recent 

years, the researchers have seen more 

PS steelhead than expected, so they are 

seeking to modify the permit by 

increasing the number of PS steelhead 

they are allowed to take. The 

researchers do not intend to kill any 

listed fish, but some may die as an 

inadvertent result of the research. 

Permit 21870 

The Oregon State University (OSU) is 

seeking a five-year research permit to 

annually take juvenile PS Chinook 

salmon, HCS chum salmon, and PS 

steelhead in the South Fork of the 

Skokomish River (Mason County, 

Washington state). The purpose of the 

OSU study is to research the trophic 

pathways that support salmonids in the 

Skokomish River and to determine how 

invasive plants mediate terrestrial 

subsidies to streams throughout the 

year. The researchers would target PS 

steelhead, PS/Strait of Georgia coho 

salmon (O. kisutch), and sculpin 

species. This research would benefit the 

affected species by filling the knowledge 

gaps that have limited effective 

restoration of local food webs. The OSU 

proposes to use seine nets and minnow 

traps to capture the fish. Captured fish 

would be identified to species and 

temporarily held in aerated buckets. 

Juvenile PS steelhead (and all other 

target species) would be anesthetized 

with MS–222, measured for length, 

tissue sampled (scales and caudal fin 

clip), gastric lavaged, and released. All 

other fish (including PS Chinook and 

HCS chum salmon) would be released 

after all the fish have been identified. 

The researchers do not intend to kill any 

listed fish, but some may die as an 

inadvertent result of the research. 

Permit 22093 

The Snoqualmie Valley Watershed 

Improvement District (SVWID) is 

seeking a five-year research permit to 

annually take juvenile and adult PS 

Chinook salmon and PS steelhead 

throughout the Snoqualmie River 

watershed (Snohomish County, 

Washington state). The purpose of the 


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