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not limited to: (1) Case and rebuttal 

briefs, filed pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309; 

(2) factual information to value factors 

under 19 CFR 351.408(c), or to measure 

the adequacy of remuneration under 19 

CFR 351.511(a)(2), filed pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.301(c)(3) and rebuttal, 

clarification and correction filed 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3)(iv); (3) 

comments concerning the selection of a 

surrogate country and surrogate values 

and rebuttal; (4) comments concerning 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

data; and (5) quantity and value 

questionnaires. Under certain 

circumstances, Commerce may elect to 

specify a different time limit by which 

extension requests will be considered 

untimely for submissions which are due 

from multiple parties simultaneously. In 

such a case, Commerce will inform 

parties in the letter or memorandum 

setting forth the deadline (including a 

specified time) by which extension 

requests must be filed to be considered 

timely. This modification also requires 

that an extension request must be made 

in a separate, stand-alone submission, 

and clarifies the circumstances under 

which Commerce will grant untimelyfiled requests for the extension of time 

limits. These modifications are effective 

for all segments initiated on or after 

October 21, 2013. Please review the 

final rule, available at http://

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/ 

html/2013-22853.htm, prior to 

submitting factual information in these 

segments. 

These initiations and this notice are 

in accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(1)(i). 

Dated: July 6, 2018. 

Wendy J. Frankel, 

Director, Customs and Border Protection 

Liaison Unit, Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations, Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG310 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of final determination 

and discussion of underlying biological 

and environmental analyses; notice of 

availability of Finding of No Significant 

Impact. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has evaluated the joint 

resource management plan (RMP) 

submitted to NMFS by the Sauk-Suiattle 

Indian Tribe, Swinomish Indian Tribal 

Community, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, 

the Skagit River System Cooperative, 

and the Washington Department of Fish 

and Wildlife, pursuant to the limitation 

on take prohibitions for actions 

conducted under Limit 6 of the 4(d) 

Rule for salmon and steelhead 

promulgated under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA). The RMP specifies 

harvest of ESA-listed, Skagit River 

steelhead in Treaty Indian fisheries and 

non-treaty recreational fisheries in the 

Skagit River terminal area of 

Washington State. This document serves 

to notify the public that NMFS, by 

delegated authority from the Secretary 

of Commerce, had determined pursuant 

to Limit 6 of the 4(d) rule for salmon 

and steelhead that implementing and 

enforcing the RMP will not appreciably 

reduce the likelihood of survival and 

recovery of Puget Sound steelhead. In 

compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 

NMFS also announces the availability of 

its Finding of No Significant Impact for 

the Skagit River steelhead fisheries 

determination. 

DATES: The final determination of take 

prohibition limitation under the ESA 

was made on April 12, 2018. The 

Finding of No Significant Impact was 

signed on April 12, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the 

decision documents or any of the other 

associated documents should be 

directed to NOAA’s National Marine 

Fisheries Service, West Coast Region, 

Sustainable Fisheries Division, 510 

Desmond Drive, Suite 103, Lacey, WA 

98503. The documents are also available 

online at www.westcoast.fisheries.

noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Dixon at (360) 534–9329 or by 

email at james.dixon@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

ESA-Listed Species Covered in This 

Notice 

Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss): 

threatened, naturally produced and 

artificially propagated Puget Sound. 

Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha): 

threatened, naturally produced and 

artificially propagated Puget Sound. 

Background 

The Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, 

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, 

Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, and the 

Skagit River System Cooperative and the 

Washington Department of Fish and 

Wildlife have jointly submitted a 

steelhead fishery RMP to NMFS 

pursuant to the limitation on take 

prohibitions for actions conducted 

under Limit 6 of the 4(d) Rule for 

salmon and steelhead promulgated 

under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA). The plan was submitted in 

November of 2016, pursuant to limit 6 

of the 4(d) Rule for ESA-listed salmon 

and steelhead. The RMP would manage 

the harvest of Skagit River natural-origin 

steelhead in the Skagit River and in the 

terminal marine area of the Skagit River. 

As required, NMFS took public 

comments on its recommended 

determination for how the plans address 

the criteria in § 223.203(b)(5) prior to 

making its final determination. 

Discussion of the Biological Analysis 

Underlying the Determination 

The goal of the Skagit RMP is to 

provide steelhead fishing opportunities 

for the Skagit River Treaty Tribes and 

for recreational fishers, in a manner that 

is conservative at higher run sizes and 

increasingly so at lower run sizes. For 

a period of five years, the Skagit RMP 

will implement annual steelhead 

fisheries in the Skagit terminal 

management area consistent with the 

impact limits, management framework, 

enforcement, and monitoring 

requirements, as described in the RMP. 

The Skagit RMP utilizes an abundancebased, stepped harvest regime to 

determine annual harvest rates, based 

on the annual forecasted run size. These 

stepped harvest rates range from a 4 

percent total allowable harvest rate at 

low run sizes (<4,001 adults) to 25 

percent for runs greater than 8,001 

adults. 

NMFS has analyzed the Skagit RMP’s 

proposed abundance-based, stepped 

harvest regime, along with the 

conservation measures proposed in the 

plan. We have concluded that the Skagit 

RMP would provide effective protection 

to the Skagit River steelhead 

populations based on parameters 

defining a viable salmonid population; 

in terms of overall abundance and 

productivity, as well as the diversity 

and spatial structure of the individual 

populations within the Skagit River 

basin. The Skagit RMP will provide for 

the proposed harvest opportunities 

while not appreciably slowing the 

population’s achievement of viable 

function. 

NMFS’ determination on the Skagit 

RMP depends upon implementation of 

all of the monitoring, evaluation, 

reporting tasks or assignments, and 


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enforcement activities included in the 

RMP. Reporting and inclusion of new 

information derived from research, 

monitoring, and evaluation activities 

described in the plan provide assurance 

that performance standards will be 

achieved in future seasons. 

Summary of Comments Received in the 

Response to the Proposed Evaluation 

and Pending Determination 

NMFS published notice of its 

Proposed Evaluation and Pending 

Determination (PEPD) on the plan for 

public review and comment on 

December 7, 2017 (82 FR 57729). The 

PEPD was available for public review 

and comment for 30 days. 

During the public comment period, 

121 comments were received, all by 

email. These came in the form of: 

Individual, unique comments; 

individuals who submitted form-letter 

communications, some with added 

comments; and letters from fish 

conservation organizations. NMFS 

thoroughly reviewed and considered all 

of the substantive comments received 

from the public and the additional 

literature and studies submitted. This 

review of new information and data 

informed NMFS’ subsequent analysis, in 

its biological opinion, but did not lead 

to any changes to the Skagit RMP, as 

submitted, or to NMFS’ determination 

that the plan adequately addresses the 

4(d), Limit 6 criteria. A section 

summarizing and responding to the 

substantive comments received during 

the public comment period on the PEPD 

is included as part of the final 

evaluation document, available on the 

West Coast Region website. Based on its 

evaluation and recommended 

determination and taking into account 

the public comments, NMFS issued its 

final determination on the joint statetribal plan. 

Authority 

Under section 4 of the ESA, the 

Secretary of Commerce is required to 

adopt such regulations as he deems 

necessary and advisable for the 

conservation of species listed as 

threatened. The ESA salmon and 

steelhead 4(d) rule (50 CFR 223.203(b)) 

specifies categories of activities that 

contribute to the conservation of listed 

salmonids and sets out the criteria for 

such activities. The rule further 

provides that the prohibitions of 

paragraph (a) of the rule do not apply to 

actions undertaken in compliance with 

a plan developed jointly by a state and 

a tribe and determined by NMFS to be 

in accordance with the salmon and 

steelhead 4(d) rule (65 FR 42422, July 

10, 2000). 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration’s 

Papahanaumokuakea Marine National 

Monument and University of Hawaii 

Research Internship Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0719. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 80. 

Average Hours per Response: 1 hour 

or less, for each application, reference 

letter and support letter. 

Burden Hours: 80. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration’s 

(NOAA’s) Papaha ̄naumokua ̄kea Marine 

National Monument (PMNM) would 

like to collect student data and 

information for the purposes of selecting 

candidates for its research internship 

program in partnership with the 

University of Hawaii. The application 

package would contain: (1) A form 

requesting information on academic 

background and professional 

experiences, (2) reference forms in 

support of the internship application by 

two educational or professional 

references, and (3) a support letter from 

one academic professor or advisor. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: One time. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: July 8, 2018. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14889 Filed 7–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: NOAA Marine Debris Program 

Performance Progress Report and Data 

Collection Form. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0718. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (revision 

and extension of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 70. 

Average Hours per Response: 2. 

Burden Hours: 1,400. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

revision and extension of an existing 

information collection. 

The NOAA Marine Debris Program 

(MDP) supports national and 

international efforts to research, 

prevent, and reduce the impacts of 

marine debris. The MDP is a centralized 

office within NOAA that coordinates 

and supports activities, both within the 

bureau and with other federal agencies, 

which address marine debris and its 

impacts. In addition to inter-agency 

coordination, the MDP uses 

partnerships with state and local 

agencies, tribes, non-governmental 

organizations, academia, and industry to 

investigate and solve the problems that 

stem from marine debris through 

research, prevention, and reduction 

activities, in order to protect and 

conserve our nation’s marine 

environment and ensure navigation 

safety. 

The Marine Debris Research, 

Prevention, and Reduction Act (33 


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