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1See Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s 

Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR 

30650 (May 26, 2011) (the Order); and Aluminum 

Extrusions from the People’s Republic of China: 

Countervailing Duty Order, 76 FR 30653 (May 26, 

2011). 

2See MacLean-Fogg Co. v. United States, 100 F. 

Supp. 3d 1349 (CIT August 2015) (MacLean-Fogg). 

3See Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s 

Republic of China: Amended Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination Pursuant to 

Court Decision, 80 FR 69640 (November 10, 2015) 

(CVD Amended Final Determination). 

4See Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination, 76 FR 18521, 18523 (April 4, 

2011). 

5See Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, 76 FR 18524, 18531 (April 

4, 2011). 

6 Id., 76 FR at 18531. 

7See CVD Amended Final Determination, 80 FR 

at 69640. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Export Subsidy 

Offset Calculation Memorandum,’’ dated 

concurrently with this notice (Preliminary 

Calculation Memorandum). 

9Two additional companies, China Square 

Industrial Ltd and USA Worldwide Door 

Components (PINGHU) Co., Ltd., are currently 

assigned the separate rate established in the LTFV 

investigation. However, both companies are 

currently under review in the 2015–2016 

administrative review of aluminum extrusions from 

China, and their dumping margin will be 

determined in the final results of that review. 

component, which is currently classifiable 

under HTSUS subheading 5503.20.0015. 

Fine denier PSF is classifiable under the 

HTSUS subheading 5503.20.0025. Although 

the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of these 

orders is dispositive. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–967] 

Aluminum Extrusions From the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation 

and Preliminary Results of Expedited 

Changed Circumstances Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is initiating and issuing the 

preliminary results of a changed 

circumstances review (CCR) of the 

antidumping duty (AD) order on 

aluminum extrusions from the People’s 

Republic of China (China), finding that 

the cash deposit rate for the 21 

exporters/producers who retain a 

separate rate assigned in the less-thanfair value (LTFV) investigation should 

be recalculated to reflect the revised 

countervailing duty (CVD) export 

subsidy offsets from the amended final 

CVD determination. We invite 

interested parties to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable July 20, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Flessner or Erin Kearney, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–6312 or (202) 482–0167, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 26, 2011, Commerce 

published AD and CVD orders on 

aluminum extrusions from China.1 On 

October 23, 2015, the United States 

Court of International Trade (CIT) 

sustained Commerce’s results of 

redetermination pursuant to court 

remand, which recalculated the allothers subsidy rate in the CVD 

investigation of aluminum extrusions 

from China.2 On November 10, 2015, 

Commerce published an amended final 

CVD determination, with an effective 

date of November 2, 2015.3

In the CVD investigation, the subsidy 

rate applied to ‘‘all other’’ companies 

was 374.15 percent,4 and the amount of 

export subsidies included in the allothers rate was 42.16 percent.5 Section 

772(c)(1)(C) the Act provides that in 

determining export price (EP) or 

constructed export price (CEP), 

Commerce should adjust its calculations 

by ‘‘the amount of any countervailing 

duty imposed on the subject 

merchandise . . . to offset an export 

subsidy.’’ Therefore, the AD cash 

deposit rate for companies eligible for a 

separate rate was calculated as the 

separate rate dumping margin 

determined in the LTFV investigation 

(i.e., 32.79 percent), less the amount of 

export subsidies included in the allothers CVD rate (i.e., 42.16 percent).6

However, as a result of Commerce’s 

amended final CVD determination, the 

all-others CVD rate was determined to 

be 7.37 percent,7 and the amount of 

export subsidies included in the allothers rate was determined to be 0.28 

percent.8

Of the companies that were granted a 

separate rate in the LTFV investigation, 

21 companies have not been subject to 

an administrative review and, thus, 

continue to be assigned the separate rate 

cash deposit rate determined in the 

LTFV investigation.9 These companies 

are listed below in the ‘‘Preliminary 

Results of Expedited Changed 

Circumstances Review’’ section. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is aluminum extrusions which are 

shapes and forms, produced by an 

extrusion process, made from aluminum 

alloys having metallic elements 

corresponding to the alloy series 

designations published by The 

Aluminum Association commencing 

with the numbers 1, 3, and 6 (or 

proprietary equivalents or other 

certifying body equivalents). 

Specifically, the subject merchandise 

made from aluminum alloy with an 

Aluminum Association series 

designation commencing with the 

number 1 contains not less than 99 

percent aluminum by weight. The 

subject merchandise made from 

aluminum alloy with an Aluminum 

Association series designation 

commencing with the number 3 

contains manganese as the major 

alloying element, with manganese 

accounting for not more than 3.0 

percent of total materials by weight. The 

subject merchandise is made from an 

aluminum alloy with an Aluminum 

Association series designation 

commencing with the number 6 

contains magnesium and silicon as the 

major alloying elements, with 

magnesium accounting for at least 0.1 

percent but not more than 2.0 percent of 

total materials by weight, and silicon 

accounting for at least 0.1 percent but 

not more than 3.0 percent of total 

materials by weight. The subject 

aluminum extrusions are properly 

identified by a four-digit alloy series 

without either a decimal point or 

leading letter. Illustrative examples from 

among the approximately 160 registered 

alloys that may characterize the subject 

merchandise are as follows: 1350, 3003, 

and 6060. 

Aluminum extrusions are produced 

and imported in a wide variety of 

shapes and forms, including, but not 

limited to, hollow profiles, other solid 

profiles, pipes, tubes, bars, and rods. 

Aluminum extrusions that are drawn 

subsequent to extrusion (drawn 

aluminum) are also included in the 

scope. 

Aluminum extrusions are produced 

and imported with a variety of finishes 

(both coatings and surface treatments), 

and types of fabrication. The types of 

coatings and treatments applied to 

subject aluminum extrusions include, 

but are not limited to, extrusions that 

are mill finished (i.e., without any 

coating or further finishing), brushed, 

buffed, polished, anodized (including 

brightdip anodized), liquid painted, or 


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powder coated. Aluminum extrusions 

may also be fabricated, i.e., prepared for 

assembly. Such operations would 

include, but are not limited to, 

extrusions that are cut-to-length, 

machined, drilled, punched, notched, 

bent, stretched, knurled, swedged, 

mitered, chamfered, threaded, and spun. 

The subject merchandise includes 

aluminum extrusions that are finished 

(coated, painted, etc.), fabricated, or any 

combination thereof. 

Subject aluminum extrusions may be 

described at the time of importation as 

parts for final finished products that are 

assembled after importation, including, 

but not limited to, window frames, door 

frames, solar panels, curtain walls, or 

furniture. Such parts that otherwise 

meet the definition of aluminum 

extrusions are included in the scope. 

The scope includes the aluminum 

extrusion components that are attached 

(e.g., by welding or fasteners) to form 

subassemblies, i.e., partially assembled 

merchandise unless imported as part of 

the finished goods ‘kit’ defined further 

below. The scope does not include the 

non-aluminum extrusion components of 

subassemblies or subject kits. 

Subject extrusions may be identified 

with reference to their end use, such as 

fence posts, electrical conduits, door 

thresholds, carpet trim, or heat sinks 

(that do not meet the finished heat sink 

exclusionary language below). Such 

goods are subject merchandise if they 

otherwise meet the scope definition, 

regardless of whether they are ready for 

use at the time of importation. 

The following aluminum extrusion 

products are excluded: Aluminum 

extrusions made from aluminum alloy 

with an Aluminum Association series 

designations commencing with the 

number 2 and containing in excess of 

1.5 percent copper by weight; aluminum 

extrusions made from aluminum alloy 

with an Aluminum Association series 

designation commencing with the 

number 5 and containing in excess of 

1.0 percent magnesium by weight; and 

aluminum extrusions made from 

aluminum alloy with an Aluminum 

Association series designation 

commencing with the number 7 and 

containing in excess of 2.0 percent zinc 

by weight. 

The scope also excludes finished 

merchandise containing aluminum 

extrusions as parts that are fully and 

permanently assembled and completed 

at the time of entry, such as finished 

windows with glass, doors with glass or 

vinyl, picture frames with glass pane 

and backing material, and solar panels. 

The scope also excludes finished goods 

containing aluminum extrusions that 

are entered unassembled in a ‘‘finished 

goods kit.’’ A finished goods kit is 

understood to mean a packaged 

combination of parts that contains, at 

the time of importation, all of the 

necessary parts to fully assemble a final 

finished good and requires no further 

finishing or fabrication, such as cutting 

or punching, and is assembled ‘‘as is’’ 

into a finished product. An imported 

product will not be considered a 

‘‘finished goods kit’’ and therefore 

excluded from the scope of the Order 

merely by including fasteners such as 

screws, bolts, etc. in the packaging with 

an aluminum extrusion product. 

The scope also excludes aluminum 

alloy sheet or plates produced by other 

than the extrusion process, such as 

aluminum products produced by a 

method of casting. Cast aluminum 

products are properly identified by four 

digits with a decimal point between the 

third and fourth digit. A letter may also 

precede the four digits. The following 

Aluminum Association designations are 

representative of aluminum alloys for 

casting: 208.0, 295.0, 308.0, 355.0, 

C355.0, 356.0, A356.0, A357.0, 360.0, 

366.0, 380.0, A380.0, 413.0, 443.0, 

514.0, 518.1, and 712.0. The scope also 

excludes pure, unwrought aluminum in 

any form. 

The scope also excludes collapsible 

tubular containers composed of metallic 

elements corresponding to alloy code 

1080A as designated by the Aluminum 

Association where the tubular container 

(excluding the nozzle) meets each of the 

following dimensional characteristics: 

(1) Length of 37 millimeters (‘‘mm’’) or 

62 mm, (2) outer diameter of 11.0 mm 

or 12.7 mm, and (3) wall thickness not 

exceeding 0.13 mm. 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

order are finished heat sinks. Finished 

heat sinks are fabricated heat sinks 

made from aluminum extrusions the 

design and production of which are 

organized around meeting certain 

specified thermal performance 

requirements and which have been 

fully, albeit not necessarily 

individually, tested to comply with 

such requirements. 

Imports of the subject merchandise 

are provided for under the following 

categories of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS): 

6603.90.8100, 7616.99.51, 8479.89.94, 

8481.90.9060, 8481.90.9085, 

9031.90.9195, 8424.90.9080, 

9405.99.4020, 9031.90.90.95, 

7616.10.90.90, 7609.00.00, 7610.10.00, 

7610.90.00, 7615.10.30, 7615.10.71, 

7615.10.91, 7615.19.10, 7615.19.30, 

7615.19.50, 7615.19.70, 7615.19.90, 

7615.20.00, 7616.99.10, 7616.99.50, 

8479.89.98, 8479.90.94, 8513.90.20, 

9403.10.00, 9403.20.00, 7604.21.00.00, 

7604.29.10.00, 7604.29.30.10, 

7604.29.30.50, 7604.29.50.30, 

7604.29.50.60, 7608.20.00.30, 

7608.20.00.90, 8302.10.30.00, 

8302.10.60.30, 8302.10.60.60, 

8302.10.60.90, 8302.20.00.00, 

8302.30.30.10, 8302.30.30.60, 

8302.41.30.00, 8302.41.60.15, 

8302.41.60.45, 8302.41.60.50, 

8302.41.60.80, 8302.42.30.10, 

8302.42.30.15, 8302.42.30.65, 

8302.49.60.35, 8302.49.60.45, 

8302.49.60.55, 8302.49.60.85, 

8302.50.00.00, 8302.60.90.00, 

8305.10.00.50, 8306.30.00.00, 

8414.59.60.90, 8415.90.80.45, 

8418.99.80.05, 8418.99.80.50, 

8418.99.80.60, 8419.90.10.00, 

8422.90.06.40, 8473.30.20.00, 

8473.30.51.00, 8479.90.85.00, 

8486.90.00.00, 8487.90.00.80, 

8503.00.95.20, 8508.70.00.00, 

8515.90.20.00, 8516.90.50.00, 

8516.90.80.50, 8517.70.00.00, 

8529.90.73.00, 8529.90.97.60, 

8536.90.80.85, 8538.10.00.00, 

8543.90.88.80, 8708.29.50.60, 

8708.80.65.90, 8803.30.00.60, 

9013.90.50.00, 9013.90.90.00, 

9401.90.50.81, 9403.90.10.40, 

9403.90.10.50, 9403.90.10.85, 

9403.90.25.40, 9403.90.25.80, 

9403.90.40.05, 9403.90.40.10, 

9403.90.40.60, 9403.90.50.05, 

9403.90.50.10, 9403.90.50.80, 

9403.90.60.05, 9403.90.60.10, 

9403.90.60.80, 9403.90.70.05, 

9403.90.70.10, 9403.90.70.80, 

9403.90.80.10, 9403.90.80.15, 

9403.90.80.20, 9403.90.80.41, 

9403.90.80.51, 9403.90.80.61, 

9506.11.40.80, 9506.51.40.00, 

9506.51.60.00, 9506.59.40.40, 

9506.70.20.90, 9506.91.00.10, 

9506.91.00.20, 9506.91.00.30, 

9506.99.05.10, 9506.99.05.20, 

9506.99.05.30, 9506.99.15.00, 

9506.99.20.00, 9506.99.25.80, 

9506.99.28.00, 9506.99.55.00, 

9506.99.60.80, 9507.30.20.00, 

9507.30.40.00, 9507.30.60.00, 

9507.90.60.00, and 9603.90.80.50. 

The subject merchandise entered as 

parts of other aluminum products may 

be classifiable under the following 

additional Chapter 76 subheadings: 

7610.10, 7610.90, 7615.19, 7615.20, and 

7616.99, as well as under other HTSUS 

chapters. In addition, fin evaporator 

coils may be classifiable under HTSUS 

numbers: 8418.99.80.50 and 

8418.99.80.60. While HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of this 

order is dispositive. 


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10See Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 

Rescission of Review in Part; 2016–2017, 83 FR 

5604 (February 8, 2018). 

11See 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii). 

12See Preliminary Calculation Memorandum. 

13See 19 CFR 321.309(c)(1)(ii). 

14See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1). 

15See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), and (d)(2). 

16See 19 CFR 351.303(f). 

Initiation of Changed Circumstances 

Review 

Pursuant to section 751(b) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.216 and 351.221(c)(3), 

Commerce is initiating a CCR of the 

antidumping duty order on aluminum 

extrusions from China. While 

Commerce was conducting the 2016– 

2017 administrative review,10 the 

Aluminum Extrusions Fair Trade 

Committee (the petitioner), brought to 

Commerce’s attention that, despite the 

issuance of the CVD Amended Final 

Determination, which modified the allothers CVD rate, Commerce never 

revised the export subsidy offset applied 

to the AD cash deposit rates determined 

for the 21 exporters/producers who 

retain a separate rate assigned in the 

LTFV investigation. In light of the 

issuance of the CVD Amended Final 

Determination, as well as the 

information raised by the petitioner in 

the 2016–2017 administrative review, 

we have determined that there is 

sufficient information of changed 

circumstances to warrant self-initiation 

of a review to consider revision of the 

AD cash deposit rates applied to those 

exporters/producers who continue to be 

assigned a separate rate from the LTFV 

investigation. 

Section 351.221(c)(3)(ii) of 

Commerce’s regulations permits 

Commerce to combine the notice of 

initiation of a changed circumstances 

review and the notice of preliminary 

results if Commerce concludes that 

expedited action is warranted. In this 

instance, because we believe we have all 

the information necessary to make a 

preliminary finding, and that 

modification of the export subsidy offset 

was permitted on or after November 2, 

2015 (the effective date of the CVD 

Amended Final Determination), we find 

that expedited action is warranted, and 

have combined the notice of initiation 

and the notice of preliminary results. 

Preliminary Results of Expedited 

Changed Circumstances Review 

When it concludes that expedited 

action is warranted, Commerce may 

publish the notice of initiation and 

preliminary results of a CCR in a single 

notice.11 As detailed below, expedited 

action is warranted in this instance to 

bring Commerce’s application of the 

export subsidy offset in accordance with 

the revised CVD rate issued in the CVD 

Amended Final Determination. 

Accordingly, we are combining the 

notice of initiation and the notice of 

preliminary results, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii). 

Based on Commerce’s analysis of the 

information published in the CVD 

Amended Final Determination, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.216, we 

preliminarily determine that changed 

circumstances exist, and that the 

appropriate cash deposit rate for the 21 

exporters/producers who retain a 

separate rate assigned in the LTFV 

investigation should be recalculated to 

include the revised CVD export subsidy 

offsets from the CVD Amended Final 

Determination.12

The preliminary cash deposit rates are 

listed below: 

Exporter Producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Cash 

deposit 

rate 

(percent) 

Changshu Changsheng Aluminium Products Co., Ltd Changshu Changsheng Aluminium Products Co., Ltd 32.79 32.51 

Cosco (J.M.) Aluminium Co., Ltd ................................. Cosco (J.M.) Aluminium Co., Ltd/Jiangmen Qunxing 

Hardware Diecasting Co., Ltd.

32.79 32.51 

First Union Property Limited ......................................... Top-Wok Metal Co., Ltd ............................................... 32.79 32.51 

Foshan Jinlan Non-Ferrous Metal Product Co., Ltd .... Foshan Jinlan Aluminium Co., Ltd ............................... 32.79 32.51 

Foshan Sanshui Fenglu Aluminium Co., Ltd ............... Foshan Sanshui Fenglu Aluminium CO., Ltd ............... 32.79 32.51 

Guangdong Hao Mei Aluminium Co., Ltd .................... Guangdong Hao Mei Aluminium Co., Ltd .................... 32.79 32.51 

Guangdong Weiye Aluminum Factory Co., Ltd ........... Guangdong Weiye Aluminum Factory Co., Ltd ........... 32.79 32.51 

Guangdong Xingfa Aluminium Co., Ltd ........................ Guangdong Xingfa Aluminium Co., Ltd ........................ 32.79 32.51 

Hanwood Enterprises Limited ...................................... Pingguo Aluminium Company Limited ......................... 32.79 32.51 

Honsense Development Company ............................... Kanal Precision Aluminium Product Co., Ltd ............... 32.79 32.51

Innovative Aluminium (Hong Kong) Limited ................. Taishan Golden Gain Aluminum Products Limited ...... 32.79 32.51 

Jiangyin Trust International Inc .................................... Jiangyin Xinhong Doors and Windows Co., Ltd .......... 32.79 32.51 

Longkou Donghai Trade Co., Ltd ................................. Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co., Ltd ....................... 32.79 32.51 

Ningbo Yili Import and Export Co., Ltd ........................ Zhejiang Anji Xinxiang Aluminum Co., Ltd ................... 32.79 32.51 

North China Aluminum Co., Ltd ................................... North China Aluminum Co., Ltd ................................... 32.79 32.51 

PanAsia Aluminium (China) Limited ............................. PanAsia Aluminium (China) Limited ............................. 32.79 32.51 

Pingguo Asia Aluminum Co., Ltd ................................. Pingguo Asia Aluminum Co., Ltd ................................. 32.79 32.51 

Popular Plastics Co., Ltd .............................................. Hoi Tat Plastic Mould & Metal Factory ........................ 32.79 32.51 

Tai-Ao Aluminium (Taishan) Co., Ltd ........................... Tai-Ao Aluminium (Taishan) Co., Ltd ........................... 32.79 32.51 

Tianjin Ruixin Electric Heat Transmission Technology, 

Ltd.

Tianjin Ruixin Electric Heat Transmission Technology, 

Ltd.

32.79 32.51 

Zhejiang Yongkang Listar Aluminium Industry Co., Ltd Zhejiang Yongkang Listar Aluminium Industry Co., Ltd 32.79 32.51 

Public Comment 

Case briefs from interested parties 

may be submitted not later than 30 days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice.13 Rebuttal briefs, limited to the 

issues raised in the case briefs, may be 

filed no later than 5 days after the 

submission of case briefs.14 Parties who 

submit case or rebuttal briefs in this 

CCR are requested to submit with each 

argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 

and (2) a brief summary of the argument 

with an electronic version included.15

All submissions, with limited 

exceptions, must be filed electronically 

using Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS).16 ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http:// 


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17See 19 CFR 351.303(b). 

18See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures: 

Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 

39263 (July 6, 2011). 

access.trade.gov, and it is available to 

all parties in the Central Records Unit, 

Room B8024 of the main Department of 

Commerce building. An electronically 

filed document must be received 

successfully in its entirety by 

Commerce’s electronic records system, 

ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) 

on the deadline.17 Documents excepted 

from the electronic submission 

requirements must be filed manually 

(i.e., in paper form) with the APO/ 

Dockets Unit in Room 18022 and 

stamped with the date and time of 

receipt by 5 p.m. ET on the due date.18

Any interested party may request a 

hearing within 30 days of publication of 

this notice. Any hearing, if requested, 

will be held no later than 37 days after 

the date of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register, or the first 

business day thereafter. Persons 

interested in attending the hearing, if 

one is requested, should contact 

Commerce for the date and time of the 

hearing. 

Notifications to Interested Parties 

Unless extended, consistent with 19 

CFR 351.216(e), we intend to issue the 

final results of this CCR no later than 

270 days after the date on which this 

review is initiated, or within 45 days 

after the date on which this review is 

initiated if all parties agree to our 

preliminary finding. The final results 

will include Commerce’s analysis of 

issues raised in any written comments. 

We are issuing and publishing this 

initiation and preliminary results notice 

in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) 

and 777(i)(1) and (2) of the Act and 

sections 351.216 and 351.221(c)(3) of 

Commerce’s regulations. 

Dated: July 16, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Survey To Collect 

Economic Data From Recreational 

Anglers Along the Atlantic Coast 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before September 18, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

internet at pracomments@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Sabrina Lovell, Economist, 

Office of Science and Technology, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Hwy., Silver 

Spring, MD 20910. Tel: (301) 427–8153 

or sabrina.lovell@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for a new information 

collection. 

The objective of the survey will be to 

understand how anglers respond to 

changes in management options and 

fishing regulations (e.g., bag limits, size 

limits, dates of open seasons, etc.) along 

the Atlantic Coast. We are conducting 

this survey to improve our ability to 

understand and predict how changes in 

management options and regulations 

may change the number of trips anglers 

take for highly sought after recreational 

fish species. This data will allow 

fisheries managers to conduct updated 

and improved analysis of the socioeconomic effects to recreational anglers 

and to coastal communities of proposed 

changes in fishing regulations. The 

recreational fishing community and 

regional fisheries management councils 

have requested more species-specific 

socio-economic studies of recreational 

fishing that can be used in the analysis 

of fisheries policies. This survey will 

address that stated need for more 

species-specific studies. The population 

consists of those anglers who fish in 

saltwater along the Atlantic coast from 

Maine to Florida who possess a license 

to fish. A sample of anglers will be 

drawn from state fishing license frames. 

The survey will be conducted using 

both mail and email to contact anglers 

and invite them to take the survey 

online. Anglers not responding to the 

online survey may receive a paper 

survey in the mail. 

II. Method of Collection 

The survey will be conducted using 

two modes: Mail and internet. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular (request for a 

new information collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,800. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 450 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting 

costs. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: July 16, 2018. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15474 Filed 7–19–18; 8:45 am] 

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