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producer/exporter under review to be as 

follows: 

Company Subsidy rate 

Jiangsu Tiangong Tools Company Limited, Tiangong Aihe Company Limited, Jiangsu Tiangong Group Company Limited, 

Jiangsu Tiangong Mould Steel R&D Center Company Limited.

24.04 percent 

Assessment Rates 

Pursuant to section 19 CFR 

351.214(k)(3)(iii), the amended final 

results of this expedited review will not 

be the basis for the assessment of 

countervailing duties. Upon the 

issuance of these final results, 

Commerce will instruct Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to collect cash 

deposits of estimated countervailing 

duties for the companies subject to this 

expedited review, at the rates shown 

above, on shipments of subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the date of publication of the final 

results of this expedited review. These 

cash deposit requirements, when 

imposed, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Administrative Protective Orders 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction 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 terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

Disclosure 

We intended to disclose the 

calculations performed for these 

amended final results to interested 

parties within five business days of the 

date of publication of this notice in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

751(h) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.224(e). 

Dated: August 17, 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 Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Manufacturing Extension Partnership 

Advisory Board 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) 

announces that the Manufacturing 

Extension Partnership (MEP) Advisory 

Board will hold an open meeting on 

September 12, 2018. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Wednesday, September 12, 2018, from 

2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Central Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Kansas City Marriott Downtown in 

the 12th Street Meeting Room, at 200 W 

12th St., Kansas City, MO 64105. Please 

note admittance instructions in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cheryl L. Gendron, Manufacturing 

Extension Partnership, National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 

100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 4800, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–4800, 

telephone number (301) 975–2785, 

email: cheryl.gendron@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MEP 

Advisory Board is authorized under 

Section 3003(d) of the America 

COMPETES Act (Pub. L. 110–69), as 

amended by the American Innovation 

and Competitiveness Act, Public Law 

114–329 sec. 501 (2017), and codified at 

15 U.S.C. 278k(m), in accordance with 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

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

App. The Hollings MEP Program 

(Program) is a unique program, 

consisting of Centers in all 50 states and 

Puerto Rico with partnerships at the 

state, federal, and local levels. By 

statute, the MEP Advisory Board 

provides the NIST Director with: (1) 

Advice on the activities, plans, and 

policies of the Program; (2) assessments 

of the soundness of the plans and 

strategies of the Program; and (3) 

assessments of current performance 

against the plans of the Program. 

Background information on the MEP 

Advisory Board is available at http://

www.nist.gov/mep/about/advisoryboard.cfm. 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

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

App., notice is hereby given that the 

MEP Advisory Board will hold an open 

meeting on Wednesday, September 12, 

2018, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Central Time. The meeting agenda will 

include an update on Hollings MEP 

programmatic operations, as well as the 

opportunity for the MEP Advisory 

Board to provide guidance and advice 

on current activities related to the 2017– 

2022 MEP National Network Strategic 

Plan. The MEP Advisory Board will 

provide input to NIST on supply chain 

development with an emphasis on 

defense suppliers, in order to strengthen 

the defense industrial base, and will 

make recommendations on the 

development of research and 

performance metrics to support and 

enrich MEP Center evaluation. The MEP 

Advisory Board will also get updates on 

and discuss the Government 

Accountability Office (GAO) Cost Share 

Report. The final agenda will be posted 

on the MEP Advisory Board website at 

http://www.nist.gov/mep/about/ 

advisory-board.cfm. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to the 

MEP Advisory Board’s business are 

invited to request a place on the agenda. 

Approximately 15 minutes will be 

reserved for public comments at the end 

of the meeting. Speaking times will be 

assigned on a first-come, first-served 

basis. The amount of time per speaker 

will be determined by the number of 

requests received but is likely to be no 

more than three to five minutes each. 

Requests must be received in writing by 

5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 31, 

2018 to be considered. The exact time 

for public comments will be included in 

the final agenda that will be posted on 

the MEP Advisory Board website at 

http://www.nist.gov/mep/about/ 

advisory-board.cfm. 

Questions from the public will not be 

considered during this period. Speakers 

who wish to expand upon their oral 

statements, those who wished to speak 

but could not be accommodated on the 

agenda, or those who are or were unable 


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1Parties to the Treaty include: Australia, Cook 

Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of 

Fiji, Republic of Kiribati, Republic of Marshall 

Islands, Republic of Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, 

Republic of Palau, Independent State of Papua New 

Guinea, Independent State of Samoa, Solomon 

Islands, Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, Republic of 

Vanuatu and the United States of America. 

2Pacific Community—Oceanic Fisheries 

Programme. 2017. WCPFC14 Information Papers 

05—Revision 1 (20 Nov 2017) Catch and Effort 

Tables on Tropical Tuna CMMs. Available at: 

www.wcpfc.int/node/30076. 

to attend in person are invited to submit 

written statements to the MEP Advisory 

Board, National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail 

Stop 4800, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899–4800, via fax at (301) 963–6556, 

or electronically by email to 

cheryl.gendron@nist.gov. 

Admittance Instructions: Anyone 

wishing to attend the MEP Advisory 

Board meeting must submit their name, 

email address, and phone number to 

Cheryl Gendron (Cheryl.Gendron@

nist.gov or 301–975–2785) no later than 

Friday, September 7, 2018, 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time. 

Phillip A. Singerman, 

Associate Director for Innovation and 

Industry Services. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648—XG261 

U.S. Purse Seine Fishery in the 

Western and Central Pacific Ocean; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement; 

announcement of public scoping period; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is gathering 

information necessary to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for future management actions for the 

U.S. purse seine fishery in the western 

and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO). This 

notice of intent to prepare an EIS 

represents the beginning of the public 

scoping process and invites interested 

parties to provide comments on 

alternatives to be considered in an EIS 

and to identify potential issues, 

concerns, and any reasonable additional 

alternatives that should be considered. 

DATES: To ensure consideration during 

the development of this EIS, written 

comments on the scope and alternatives 

to be considered in the EIS must be 

submitted no later than October 8, 2018. 

Public comments will also be 

accepted during two webinars 

scheduled for 9:30–11:30 a.m. 

September 11, 2018 and 11:30 a.m.–1:30 

p.m., September 14, 2018. Both 

webinars are scheduled in Hawai1i 

Standard Time (HST; UTC–10:00). 

Please notify David O’Brien (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, below) 

by August 31, 2018, if you plan to 

attend either or both webinars. 

Instructions for connecting or calling in 

to the webinars will be emailed to 

meeting participants. Accommodations 

for persons with disabilities are 

available; accommodation requests 

should be directed to David O’Brien at 

least 10 working days prior to the 

webinar. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the scope of this EIS by either of the 

following methods: 

• Electronic submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. 

1. Go to www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2018- 

0062, 

2. Click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, 

complete the required fields, and 

3. Enter or attach your comments. 

—OR— 

• Mail: Submit written comments to 

Michael D. Tosatto, Regional 

Administrator, NMFS, Pacific Islands 

Regional Office (PIRO), 1845 Wasp 

Blvd., Building 176, Honolulu, HI 

96818. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period might not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted for public 

viewing on www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name and address), 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive information 

submitted voluntarily by the sender will 

be publicly accessible. Do not submit 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. NMFS will accept 

anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in 

the required fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous). 

Copies of this document can be 

obtained from Michael D. Tosatto, 

Regional Administrator, NMFS PIRO 

(see address above) and are available at 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;

D=NOAA-NMFS-2018-0062. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David O’Brien, NMFS PIRO, at 

David.S.OBrien@noaa.gov, or at (808) 

725–5038. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Purse seine vessels flagged to the 

United States fish for skipjack tuna 

(Katsuwonus pelamis) and other tunas 

in the WCPO. The fishery developed in 

the 1970s and early 1980s as some U.S. 

tuna vessels moved west from fishing 

grounds in the eastern Pacific. The 

vessels participating in this fishery 

currently are large: Between 175 and 

260 feet in length with crews of between 

19 and 40. Purse seining is fishing by 

setting a vertically oriented net around 

a school of fish, and then closing, or 

‘‘pursing’’, the bottom of the net to 

capture the fish. The vessels use purse 

seine nets up to about 6,500 feet long 

and 600 feet deep and in recent years 

(2013–2017) vessels set their nets, on 

average, once per fishing day. 

NMFS manages the fishery in 

accordance with U.S. laws 

implementing international agreements, 

including the Treaty on Fisheries 

Between the Governments of Certain 

Pacific Island States and the 

Government of the United States of 

America,1 also known as the South 

Pacific Tuna Treaty (hereafter, Treaty), 

and conservation and management 

measures adopted by the Western and 

Central Pacific Fisheries Commission 

(hereafter, Commission or WCPFC). The 

fishery operates in the exclusive 

economic zones (EEZs) of the Pacific 

Island parties to the Treaty (hereafter, 

PIPs) and that of the United States, as 

well as on the high seas in the WCPO. 

This EIS will address all U.S. tuna purse 

seine fisheries within the area of 

application of the Convention on the 

Conservation and Management of 

Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the 

Western and Central Pacific Ocean; a 

map of which is available at the WCPFC 

website at: www.wcpfc.int/doc/ 

convention-area-map. 

The U.S. purse seine fleet is not the 

only fishing fleet active in this region. 

Other major flags of purse seine fishing 

vessels in the region include: Japan, 

Kiribati, Korea, Papua New Guinea, and 

Taiwan. The U.S. fleet’s fishing 

activities accounted for approximately 

14 percent of the total purse seine 

fishing effort—measured in fishing 

days—in the WCPO from 2010 through 

2016.2

The regulations under which the U.S. 

fleet operates require changes in 

response to new decisions of the 


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